Peter Murphey was in the Vorginia Navy after his resignation from the U.S. Navy until he transferred to the Confederate Navy. He commanded the steamer Arrow in the Chesapeake Bay in April 1861 and was also stationed at the Gosport Navy Yard in Virginia from 1861-1862.
On August 5, 1864, he was captured at the Battle of Mobile Bay while commanding the CSS Selma. He was wounded in his left arm and sent to Pensacola Hospital where he wrote his report of the battle. Later, he was confined at Fort Warren in Boston Harbor before being exchanged at Cox's Wharf, Virginia, (where many prisoner exchanges took place).
He surrendered May 4, 1865 and was paroled May 10th at Hubba Bluff, Alabama.
Murphey died of apoplexy on Sunday, August 13, 1876 in Mobile, Alabama.
I have seen photographs of him as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and one in a Confederate one.
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