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First Sergeant · U.S. Army

Thomas J. Murphy

First Sergeant Thomas J. Murphy, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on April 1, 1865 in Five Forks, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War April 1, 1865

First Sergeant Thomas J. Murphy was a soldier in the U.S. Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 1, 1865 in Five Forks, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company G, 146th New York Infantry. Murphy was about 24 years old.

21 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on May 10, 1865.

Murphy was born in 1841. His Medal of Honor is credited to New York, New York. Murphy died on December 2, 1901, at the age of about 60. He is buried at Pound Ridge Cemetery in Pound Ridge, New York.

Murphy is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 678 credited to New York.

★ Flags & Colors

Official Medal of Honor citation

Capture of flag.

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

Timeline

  1. 1841
    Born
  2. April 1, 1865
    Act of valor — Five Forks, Virginia
    Age about 24. Company G, 146th New York Infantry
  3. May 10, 1865
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. December 2, 1901
    Died
    Age about 60.
  5. Resting place
    Pound Ridge Cemetery
    Pound Ridge, New York

Also honored for actions on April 1, 1865

William Henry harrison Benyaurd First Lieutenant, Engineers · Army Civil War · 1865 Wilmon Whilldin Blackmar Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 HB Henry G. Bonebrake First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 HD Hiram Adolphus Delavie Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1865 DE David Edwards Private · Army Civil War · 1865 AE Adelbert Everson Private · Army Civil War · 1865 Albert E. Fernald First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865 Eugene W. Ferris First Lieutenant & Adjutant · Army Civil War · 1865 Charles N. Gardner Private · Army Civil War · 1865 James G. Grindlay Colonel · Army Civil War · 1865 AK August Kauss Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 Jacob Koogle First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1865

See all 22 recipients for April 1, 1865 →

More Civil War recipients from New York

DH Dennis William Hickey Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 JS Julius H. Stahel Major General · Army Civil War · 1864 Horatio Collins King Major & Quartermaster · Army Civil War · 1865 JL James H. Lee Seaman · Navy Civil War · 1864 MH Michael Hudson Sergeant · Marine Corps Civil War · 1864 EW Edward Wright Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1862
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.