Biography from http://www.weldonrailroad.com

"CASUALTIES FROM THE VERMONT BRIGADE ON JUNE 23, 1864 AT THE PETERSBURG & WELDON RAILROAD"


"SECOND REGIMENT"

"Charles H. Price Co. F. Wounded. "a Minie ball passed through the calf of the right leg while on the skirmish line." Spent two weeks in Grant Hospital at Gillette Point, New York, then furloughed. Discharged 7/15/65 at Washington D.C. Was a farmer and a laborer. The Elizabethtown (New York) Post & Gazette of 2/15/1894 reported: Mr. Charles Price has been confined to the house for six weeks with consumption and we fear his recovery is doubtful. Died at Port Henry, New York, on 5/29/94 of phthisis [tuberculosis] and alcoholic addiction. Buried in the St. Patrick's Cemetery at Moriah, New York, Section J Lot 452. The grave is marked by a simple marble stone inscribed:

Charles Price

May 29, 1894

Æ 52 years

There is no notation of his Civil War service nor a graveside GAR marker. Granted an invalid pension in 1879. Mary Price granted a widow's pension in 1894 from New York."

Biography from http://www.weldonrailroad.com

"CASUALTIES FROM THE VERMONT BRIGADE ON JUNE 23, 1864 AT THE PETERSBURG & WELDON RAILROAD"


"SECOND REGIMENT"

"Charles H. Price Co. F. Wounded. "a Minie ball passed through the calf of the right leg while on the skirmish line." Spent two weeks in Grant Hospital at Gillette Point, New York, then furloughed. Discharged 7/15/65 at Washington D.C. Was a farmer and a laborer. The Elizabethtown (New York) Post & Gazette of 2/15/1894 reported: Mr. Charles Price has been confined to the house for six weeks with consumption and we fear his recovery is doubtful. Died at Port Henry, New York, on 5/29/94 of phthisis [tuberculosis] and alcoholic addiction. Buried in the St. Patrick's Cemetery at Moriah, New York, Section J Lot 452. The grave is marked by a simple marble stone inscribed:

Charles Price

May 29, 1894

Æ 52 years

There is no notation of his Civil War service nor a graveside GAR marker. Granted an invalid pension in 1879. Mary Price granted a widow's pension in 1894 from New York."