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Medal of Honor Recipient

James T. Murphy

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000973Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1865

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Medal of Honor

March 25, 1865

Petersburg, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Private
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
Company L, 1st Connecticut Artillery

The Citation

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A piece of artillery having been silenced by the enemy, this soldier voluntarily ass1sted in working the piece, conducting himself throughout the engagement in a gallant and fearless manner.
Separately preserved current-source wording

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A piece of artillery having been silenced by the enemy, this soldier voluntarily assisted in working the piece, conducting himself throughout the engagement in a gallant and fearless manner.

Sources & record notes

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  1. James T. Murphy — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000979
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Sergeant
Entered service at
New Haven, Conn.
Archive transcription SHA-256
794f042ccc30f184615dbdf34692a53a6f9094656e00a78785c7d0ca51fe8fd5

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current Society rendering corrects the inherited OCR form “ass1sted” to “assisted” and records Sergeant as the highest later rank. The imported text and hash remain preserved.

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