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Submitted: 1/18/12 • Approved: 1/19/12 • Last Updated: 7/29/12 • R638109-G0-S3
CAPTAIN CSA
Company F 1 Arkansas Battalion Infantry
Civil War Confederate
June 2, 1922
MURPHEY, Ferdinand Eugene, Sr.
2LT,
Co. F, 1st Ark Battalion Infantry, CSA;
Enlisted 1861; also 12th Battalion Ark Sharpshooters, CSA; with 12th for Jan and Feb 1863;
12th Ark Sharpshooters commanded by Major Wm. F. Rapley; paid by Capt. White through Oct 1862;
12th Battalion part of Cabell's command;
Elected Sr 2nd Lt. in 1863 and Captain at the Siege of Port Hudson, La. on July 9, 1863; POW aboard the steamer "Planet" for transport up the Miss. river to prison;
Was a Justice of the Peace in Ashley Co. Ark. for 35 years and assisted in the development of a local school; died 21 Jun 1922.
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Contributed on 1/18/12
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