George Washington Murphy (January 8, 1841 – October 11, 1920) was a colonel in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and served as the 22nd attorney general of Arkansas. Murphy was born and grew up in Huntingdon, Tennessee. He enlisted in the Confederate army in May 1861. Murphy was wounded in the battles of Shiloh, Murfreesboro, and Harrisburg, and his leg injury at Harrisburg disqualified him from service for the rest of the war. In 1865 he moved to Hamburg, Arkansas, and studied law under W. D. Moore. Murphy was admitted to the bar in 1866, and practiced law at Hamburg until 1877. Murphy became well known as a prominent lawyer in Hot Springs, especially for his acumen as a criminal attorney. He exaggerated his limp that he suffered during the war to gain sympathy for client