PR116/C George Murphy (b1835 - d1917), 1880, 1910 (2 items)
George Murphy
PR116/C/1
Reference:
PR116/C
Date:
1880,1910
Title: Level:
George Murphy (b1835 - d1917), 1880, 1910 (2 items)
series
Extent: Part of:
2 items
IE 627/PR116
Scope and Content: Portrait photographs of George Murphy [uncle or cousin of TJ Murphy].
George (b1835 - d1917) emigrated from Ovens Co. Cork in the 1850s to Boston, where he worked as a carpenter. He joined the Union Army during the American Civil War , fighting for 3 years as an NCO with the Army of the Potomac. He was captured as a prisoner of war by Confederate Forces at the Battle of Gettysburg, but later returned under a prisoner exchange. A near neighbour of George's from Ovens, Patrick Ronayne Cleburne was a Confederate commander during the Civil War.
Desc. List. TJ Murphy and Family Archive
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