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Medal of Honor Recipient

Michael C. Murphy

U.S. Army · Civil War

MOH-RC-000974Source-based record

The award

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Army Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1864

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Medal of Honor

May 24, 1864

North Anna River, Virginia, USA

Rank at action
Lieutenant Colonel
Service
U.S. Army
Conflict
Civil War
Unit or command
170th New York Infantry

The Citation

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This officer, commanding the regiment, kept it on the field exposed to the fire of the enemy for 3 hours without being able to fire one shot in return because of the ammunition being exhausted.
Separately preserved current-source wording

Captured from the linked current recipient source; it is not a new comparison with an original General Order.

This officer, commanding the regiment, kept it on the field exposed to the fire of the enemy for three hours without being able to fire one shot in return because of the ammunition being exhausted.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

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

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Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000980
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-28
Later or highest recorded rank
Colonel
Entered service at
New York, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
de22e38ca6edc6ba00d133675417d31b981bb4f1210c29e415e5005d4919bb45

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

The current profile records Colonel as the highest later rank and spells out “three hours” where the inherited citation uses the numeral 3. Both complete renderings remain preserved.

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