1861 CIVIL WAR CARRIED BIBLE. Carried by Robert G. Murphy at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Presbyterian that "It is yet in

that "It is yet in experiment whether human nature can bear so free a government as our own

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1861 CIVIL WAR CARRIED BIBLE. Carried by Robert G. Murphy at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Presbyterian that "It is yet inA very nicely preserved Union issue New Testament carried by Robert G. Murphy of Company K, 123rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. The 123rd Pennsylvania Infantry was organized at Allegheny City, PA, and mustered in August 1862 under the command of Colonel John B. Clark. Moved to Harrisburg, and then to Washington D. C. on August 20 to 23, 1862, They then engaged in the Maryland Campaign, and in October and November of 1862 at the Battle of Fredericksburg.