Enlisted as a private on 31 July 1863 in Company A "Murphy Guard" of DeKalb County, 38th Georgia Infantry.
Robert was a farmer in Gwinnett County, Georgia (one of seven boys) .The oldest, John, was in the home guard. Robert was the last of the brothers to serve in the 38th Georgia Infantry. Charles, Henry, and David had already been killed. William would come home in early March of 1865 sick, and die shortly afterwards.∼Company A "Murphy Guard" of DeKalb County, 38th Georgia Infantry, Gordon's Brigade, Ewell's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence: DeKalb County GA.
Enlisted on 7/31/1863 at Decatur, DeKalb County, GA., he was mustered into Company A, 38th Georgia Infantry, as a Private.
Present on all Rolls from enlistment until Killed In Action in Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
The 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment, organized near Decatur, Georiga, during the summer of 1861, contained thirteen companies and 1,200 men. First called Wright's Legion, it served at Skidaway Island and Savannah. In May, 1862, when it was ordered to Virginia, two companies were detached and one transferred. The remaining ten were from the counties of De Kalb, Milton, Emmanuel, Oglethorpe, Hart, Jefferson, Elbert, and Dawson.
Robert was a farmer in Gwinnett County, Georgia (one of seven boys) .The oldest, John, was in the home guard. Robert was the last of the brothers to serve in the 38th Georgia Infantry. Charles, Henry, and David had already been killed. William would come home in early March of 1865 sick, and die shortly afterwards.∼Company A "Murphy Guard" of DeKalb County, 38th Georgia Infantry, Gordon's Brigade, Ewell's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence: DeKalb County GA.
Enlisted on 7/31/1863 at Decatur, DeKalb County, GA., he was mustered into Company A, 38th Georgia Infantry, as a Private.
Present on all Rolls from enlistment until Killed In Action in Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
The 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment, organized near Decatur, Georiga, during the summer of 1861, contained thirteen companies and 1,200 men. First called Wright's Legion, it served at Skidaway Island and Savannah. In May, 1862, when it was ordered to Virginia, two companies were detached and one transferred. The remaining ten were from the counties of De Kalb, Milton, Emmanuel, Oglethorpe, Hart, Jefferson, Elbert, and Dawson.
Enlisted as a private on 31 July 1863 in Company A "Murphy Guard" of DeKalb County, 38th Georgia Infantry.
Robert was a farmer in Gwinnett County, Georgia (one of seven boys) .The oldest, John, was in the home guard. Robert was the last of the brothers to serve in the 38th Georgia Infantry. Charles, Henry, and David had already been killed. William would come home in early March of 1865 sick, and die shortly afterwards.∼Company A "Murphy Guard" of DeKalb County, 38th Georgia Infantry, Gordon's Brigade, Ewell's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence: DeKalb County GA.
Enlisted on 7/31/1863 at Decatur, DeKalb County, GA., he was mustered into Company A, 38th Georgia Infantry, as a Private.
Present on all Rolls from enlistment until Killed In Action in Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
The 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment, organized near Decatur, Georiga, during the summer of 1861, contained thirteen companies and 1,200 men. First called Wright's Legion, it served at Skidaway Island and Savannah. In May, 1862, when it was ordered to Virginia, two companies were detached and one transferred. The remaining ten were from the counties of De Kalb, Milton, Emmanuel, Oglethorpe, Hart, Jefferson, Elbert, and Dawson.
Robert was a farmer in Gwinnett County, Georgia (one of seven boys) .The oldest, John, was in the home guard. Robert was the last of the brothers to serve in the 38th Georgia Infantry. Charles, Henry, and David had already been killed. William would come home in early March of 1865 sick, and die shortly afterwards.∼Company A "Murphy Guard" of DeKalb County, 38th Georgia Infantry, Gordon's Brigade, Ewell's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence: DeKalb County GA.
Enlisted on 7/31/1863 at Decatur, DeKalb County, GA., he was mustered into Company A, 38th Georgia Infantry, as a Private.
Present on all Rolls from enlistment until Killed In Action in Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
The 38th Georgia Infantry Regiment, organized near Decatur, Georiga, during the summer of 1861, contained thirteen companies and 1,200 men. First called Wright's Legion, it served at Skidaway Island and Savannah. In May, 1862, when it was ordered to Virginia, two companies were detached and one transferred. The remaining ten were from the counties of De Kalb, Milton, Emmanuel, Oglethorpe, Hart, Jefferson, Elbert, and Dawson.
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Killed at the battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse on 18 May 1864. Believed to be buried somewhere in this Cemetery
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