This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list.
Surnames: Murphy, Compton, Kirkpatrick, Moore
Classification: Biography
Message Board URL:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi.2ADI/2348
Message Board Post:
DAVID C. MURPHY: A native of Indiana, where he was born Nov. 14, 1841, and moved to
Tippecanoe Co., Ind., in 1881. His parents, both of whom have passed away, were ALEXANDER
and SARAH (MOORE) MURPHY. Mr. Murphy's wife is FLORIDA C. KIRKPATRICK, daughter of
WILLIAM P. and REHECCA (COMPTON) KIRKPATRICK, deceased. She, was born, in Tippecanoe Co.,
Ind., Feb. 5, 1850, and they were married in Illinois, Oct. 17, 1872. One child was the
issue of this union, J. GLENN. Comrade MURPHY entered the Union army at the outbreak of
the war, being enrolled in Co. A. 46th Ind. V. I., 3d Brig., 12th Div., 13th A. C., and
was subsequently promoted to Corp. and Sergt. He was engaged in farming when he was
enrolled Oct. 5, 1861, at Delphi, Ind. At the battle of Champion Hill, he received a
slight gunshot wound in arm and also a flesh wound in side. He was honorably discharged
Jan. 1, 1864, and re-enlisted as a veteran same day in old command, thus obtaining a
veteran's furlough of thirty days. !
Rejoining his command, he took part in the battles of New Madrid, Island No. 10, Riddles
Point, Pt. Pillow, Osceola, Memphis, St. Charles, Clarendon, Grand Prairie, Cricketts
Bluff, Duvalls Bluff, Tallihatchee, Coldwater, Yazoo Pass, Ft. Pemnberton, Grand Gulf, Pt.
Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, Big Black, Vicksburg, Jackson, Gravel Chateau,
Spanish Lake, Vermillion Hills, Nelsons Farm, Sabine Cross Roads where he was captured
April 8, 1864; he was held at Tyler, Tex., Camp Ford, three months, then Hempstead, Camp
Groce where he escaped with three companions; they were 275 miles away before being
re-captured, and were then taken back to Camp Groce, was held five months, being released
on parole December, 1864. He was finally honorably discharged Sept. 4, 1865, at
Indianapolis, Ind. His brother, FRANCIS served in Co. A., 72d Ind. Mtd. Inf., and was
captured. His wife also had three cousins in the service. Comrade MURPHY belongs to
Carroll Post, 393, he is also a me!
mber of F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., in which he has held all the offices,
and K. P., he is a farmer by occupation and his address is Stockwell, Ind.
Presidents, Soldiers, Statesmen, Vol. II (New York: H. H. Hardesty, 1896) p. 1213-14.
Submitted by: Carolyn S. Bridge