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Sergeant · U.S. Army

Daniel J. Murphy

Sergeant Daniel J. Murphy, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on October 27, 1864 at Hatcher's Run, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War October 27, 1864

Sergeant Daniel J. Murphy, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on October 27, 1864 at Hatcher's Run, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company F, 19th Massachusetts Infantry. Murphy was about 21 years old.

15 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on December 1, 1864. He later rose to the rank of Second Lieutenant.

Murphy was born in 1843 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. His Medal of Honor is credited to Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Murphy died on September 19, 1870 in Jefferson, Texas, at the age of about 27. He is buried at Oakwood Cemetery in Jefferson, Texas.

Murphy is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 265 credited to Massachusetts.

★ Flags & Colors

Official Medal of Honor citation

Capture of flag of 47th North Carolina Infantry (C.S.A.).

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

  1. 1843
    Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
  2. October 27, 1864
    Act of valor — Hatcher's Run, Virginia
    Age about 21. Company F, 19th Massachusetts Infantry
  3. December 1, 1864
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. September 19, 1870
    Died in Jefferson, Texas
    Age about 27.
  5. Resting place
    Oakwood Cemetery
    Jefferson, Texas

Also honored for actions on October 27, 1864

SB Sylvester Bonnaffon Jr. First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 Jeremiah Z. Brown Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 LD Lorenzo Denning Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 AE Andrew Henry Embler Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Daniel Griffin George Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 RH Richard Hamilton Coal Heaver · Navy Civil War · 1864 Bernard Harley Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 EH Edward J. Houghton Ordinary Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 Robert Henry King Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1864 CO Charles Alvin Orr Private · Army Civil War · 1864 Alonzo Smith Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Joseph Sewall Smith Lieutenant Colonel · Army Civil War · 1864

See all 16 recipients for October 27, 1864 →

More Civil War recipients from Massachusetts

JB John Harties Brown Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 Nelson Appleton Miles Colonel · Army Civil War · 1863 EH Edward W. Hathaway Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1862 Carlos H. Rich First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 GP George Prance Captain of the Main Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 WT William Talbott Captain of the Forecastle · Navy Civil War · 1863
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.