Henry H. Price

First Name: Henry
Middle Name(s): H.
Last Name: Price
Unit: 
Co. B, 7th Mississippi
Rank: 
Private
Residence (County): 
Lawrence County, MS
Biography: 

Henry H. Price (b. ca. 1845) was the son of Elizabeth Willis and the brother of Thomas Jefferson Price (b. ca. 1833) and Zachariah Monroe Price (b. ca. 1840). Z. M. and Henry mustered into Co. B, 7th Mississippi as privates on May 1, 1861. Thomas joined them in January 1862. Z. M. Price was killed at the Battle of Shiloh on April 7, 1862. Both Thomas and Henry were wounded in the fighting at Shiloh, and Thomas died of his wounds on April 20. Henry was wounded again on December 31, 1862 at the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River) and died of his wounds in a hospital in Atlanta on January 18, 1863.

Authored Letters

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ID Letter Datesort ascending Author Recipient From To
15058 Price14 May 8, 1862 Henry H. Price Thomas Jefferson Price Corinth, Tishomingo County, MS Monticello, Lawrence County, MS
15056 Price13 April 24, 1862 Henry H. Price Thomas Jefferson Price Lawrence County, MS

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