Samuel Murphy

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Husband Samuel Murphy ^{1 2}

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           Died: 21 Sep 1864 - Baltimore, MD 3
         Buried:  - Freeport, Armstrong Co, PA

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         Father: Benjamin Murphy (1805/1815-1889) 2 4 5
         Mother: Jane Green (      -      ) 2 4 5

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Murphy

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He enlisted in Company L, Fourteenth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, November 14, 1862, and was at the battle of Hutonville, Virginia, July 4, 1863, where the company had three wounded. After being in several skirmishes, on the morning of July 13, 1863, the regiment moved to Cherry Run where they crossed the river and marched to within five miles of Martinsburg, where the Confederates were encamped. The regiment attacked the enemy's outpost, which were driven back to the main body. The Fourteenth kept in motion after that and met the enemy in various skirmishes, doing excellent service. On August 4, 1863, came the Rocky Gap raid, thence to Newfield, Petersburg and Franklin, continually skirmishing by the way and driving Jackson in a brisk fight at Warm Spring. On August 26 they encountered the enemy under General Jones, near Green Briar, White Sulphur Springs, and at once attacked them. The Fourteenth dismounted, held the right of the line, the battle raging furiously until nightfall. The ammunition running low, and expected help not arriving, a retreat was ordered in the morning. The Fourteenth lost eighty men in killed, wounded and missing during the day's fighting. They reached Beverly on the 31st, having been on the march and closely engaged twenty-seven consecutive days, traveling six hundred and nine miles. During the year 1864 the regiment was actively engaged in the Shenandoah Valley and elsewhere until mustered out August 24, 1865, returning in a body to Pittsburgh, where it disbanded. Samuel Murphy died in the General Hospital at Baltimore, Maryland. His father was there with him when he died and brought his body to Freeport, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, where he was buried in the family lot.

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 855.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 462.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 463.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 815.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 854.