John Murphy
Name: John Murphy
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 153rd NY Inf.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Boonsboro, Washington County, MD
Enlistment Date: n/a
Company: K
Rank at End of Service: Private
Notes:
Suffered a gunshot wound in left hip. Died in 1882. Widow (Clara J) lived in Boonsboro.
Source(s):
James A. Helman, History of Emmitsburg, Maryland (Frederick, MD: Citizen Press, 1906), 108; United States Census Bureau, “1890 Special Schedule – Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, etc.,” [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
