Inscribed by author "With 1000 grand wishes", signed

He spent most of the war in the ranks of the 81st Ohio Infantry Regiment and ultimately rose to captain and adjutant in the 184th Ohio. Typical of those living on the border, the war divided his family. Two of his half-brothers, their mother a Kentuckian, fought for the Confederacy.


also the author of "Murphy's battle;: An Ohio soldier's autobiography written mainly for his nephews and nieces. Thrilling stories and timely snap shots

In the 1880s, a former Union army captain from Ohio named David Asbury Murphy owned the “Danville Tribune,” a local Republican newspaper. Murphy’s editorials against Democratic politicians and former Confederate soldiers earned him enmity and eventually cost him a political appointment.

He spent most of the war in the ranks of the 81st Ohio Infantry Regiment and ultimately rose to captain and adjutant in the 184th Ohio. Typical of those living on the border, the war divided his family. Two of his half-brothers, their mother a Kentuckian, fought for the Confederacy.


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March 30, 2012|By STUART W. SANDERS | Contributing writer