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Confederate (CSV)

Private

William Oscar Price

(c. 1840 - 1862)

Home State: Louisiana

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 9th Louisiana Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was a 21 year old farmer in Natchitoches, LA when he enlisted in Company C, 9th Louisiana Infantry on 7 July 1861 at Camp Moore, LA. He reenlisted at Camp Carondelet, VA on 5 February 1862.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September.

The rest of the War

Originally buried "in N.E. corner of Mrs. Lucker's house-field" on the battlefield at Sharpsburg. Probably reinterred at Hagerstown in about 1874.

References & notes

Burial information from Pruett1, who lists him as W.O. Price. Service data from Booth,2 as W. Oscar Price. His memorial is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1840 in MS

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Washington Confederate Cemetery, Hagerstown, MD

Notes

1 Pruett, Samuel, and Poffenberger & Good, Greg Farino and Western Maryland Regional Library (WMRL), Washington Confederate Cemetery, possible burials, Hagerstown (MD): WHILBR, 2010 [AotW citation 4916]

2 Booth, Andrew B., Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 3 Volumes, New Orleans: State of Louisiana, 1920, Vol. 3, Book 2, pg. 204 [AotW citation 13174]

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