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Civil War
Thomas C. Murphy
Corporal · U.S. Army
Company I, 31st Illinois Infantry
22 May 1863 · Vicksburg, Mississippi
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Illinois
- Action
- Vicksburg, Mississippi
The citation
Official citation
Voluntarily crossed the line of heavy fire of Union and Confederate forces, carrying a message to stop the firing of one Union regiment on another.
