Full Text of HR0293 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to honor Medal of Honor
recipient Thomas | 4 | | C. Murphy of Tazewell County; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Murphy was born in Ireland on February 1, | 6 | | 1844; he enlisted in the Union Army on August 15, 1861 as a | 7 | | member of Company I
of the 31st Illinois Infantry Volunteers | 8 | | with the rank of private; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Murphy participated in the Battle of | 10 | | Belmont, the Battle of Fort Donelson, the Battle of
Champion | 11 | | Hill, the Battle of Big Black River, the Siege of Vicksburg, | 12 | | the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, the Battle of
Atlanta, and the | 13 | | Battle of Jonesboro; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, On May 22, 1863, during an assault on the | 15 | | fortifications outside Vicksburg, Thomas Murphy
was in the heat | 16 | | of the battle, and according to his Medal of Honor Certificate, | 17 | | "he crossed the line of
heavy fire of Union and Confederate | 18 | | forces, carrying a message to stop the firing of one Union | 19 | | regiment
on another"; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Murphy and the entire 31st Illinois | 21 | | Infantry were honored for their actions during the
Siege of |
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| 1 | | Vicksburg by being the first unit to march into the city | 2 | | following its formal surrender; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Following his discharge, Thomas Murphy returned | 4 | | to Tazewell County
in 1864; he graduated from Rush Medical | 5 | | College in Chicago and married Virginia Maria Placket on | 6 | | February 2, 1871; they had six children,
four of whom survived | 7 | | to adulthood; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, On June 23, 1916, Thomas Murphy received Medal
of | 9 | | Honor Certificate Number 177 for his "conspicuous gallantry in | 10 | | action at Vicksburg"; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Thomas Murphy died on December 3l, 1920 and lies | 12 | | in rest at the Green Valley Cemetery in
Green Valley; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, 2019 would have been Thomas Murphy's 175th | 14 | | birthday and the 156th anniversary of his heroic actions
during | 15 | | the Battle of Vicksburg; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we honor Thomas C. Murphy during the year of his
175th birthday | 19 | | and 156th anniversary of his heroic actions; and be it further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution shall be |
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| 1 | | presented to the residents of Tazewell County
as a symbol of | 2 | | our respect and esteem.
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