Medal of Honor
July 28, 1864
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Rank at action
- Musician
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company A, 127th Illinois Infantry
The Citation
Sources ↓Being orderly to the brigade commander, he voluntarily led two regiments as reinforcements into line of battle, where he had his horse shot under him.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Robinson Barr 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-000981
- Transcription status
- Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Entered service at
- Oswego, Kendall County, Ill.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 23f4db0e46be10361f4cf1dca52b602326266ef02e6c219ee4fa06521f92fe0a
Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.
The reference profile expands the inherited middle initial and confirms the remaining action metadata and citation.