Pennsylvania infantryman Richard Murphy was wounded in December 1862. Surgeons amputated his arm shortly thereafter. (27/62)

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Pennsylvania infantryman Richard Murphy was wounded in December 1862. Surgeons amputated his arm shortly thereafter.

He was wounded during the American Civil War in December 1862. His injury occurred at a time when the war was increasingly brutal and marked by significant casualties on both sides. Like many soldiers, Murphy faced the dangers of the battlefield and experienced the harsh realities of war.