R.L. Murray: Author

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R.L. Murray was an author who wrote extensively on New York in the Civil War.

In Memoriam: R.L. Murray - Emerging Civil War

Last Saturday R.L. Murray passed away. Our readers may recognize his name from the New Yorkers In The Civil War Series, which he put together through his publishing house Benedum Books in Wolcott, New York. (A sample of R.L.’s books are at this link.) Through his writings, he compiled a lot of...

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Was he a native New Yorker? Was he a descendant of a Civil War veteran?

 

[lupaglupa]

It looks like he was born in New York. None of the bios of him I found mentioned a Civil War ancestor. But he may well have been a descendent.