Rank: Private
Unit: G and K Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: May 2, 1857 in Albany, New York. He was 33.
Date of birth: 1824
Hometown: Waterford, Ireland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Mason
Campaign: Civil War
Died: 21 February 1862
Age at death: 37 or 38
Cause of death: Killed in action
Location of fatality: Battle of Valverde, New Mexico
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Place of interment: Santa Fe National Cemetery at Santa Fe, New Mexico
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Note: He stood 5’6½” with grey eyes, light hair, and ruddy complexion.
Note: Private Murray’s death is cited in the book:
Also killed at the Battle of Valverde were Privates Briede, Cook, Courtney, Driscoll, Eckels, O’Brien, Phillips, and Togue. An additional eights Soldiers were wounded and two more were recorded as missing.