Name/Title
Murdock, Simon P.Entry/Object ID
2000.025.001Description
Print, photographic. B/W silver gelatin print, 4.125"h x 2.375"w, of Simon Murdock. Taken outdoors; he is wearing a GAR uniform with GAR membership badge on coat, holding hat with XVIII Army Corps badge. Photo is mounted on black paper and appears to have been removed from a scrapbook.Acquisition
Accession
2000.025Source or Donor
Cairns, Julia Ann RoopAcquisition Method
GiftGeneral Notes
Note
Simon Murdock served in the Civil War with Co. F, Fourth Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops. Enlisted 4 August 1864; honorably discharged for disability 5 May 1865; received head wound which is visible in photo. Founding member of Thadeus Stevens Post #40, GAR, New Windsor, Md.