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Contributed by: Betty Wiggins My great, great grandfather, Stephen Henry Price of Wayne Co, NC, was a cobbler and was captured by Northern troops in the Civil War. According to family records, his wife Catherine Thompson Price was 4 months pregnant (she had 4 other living children) when her husband died in the war. He only served about four months before he was captured on the road to Richmond. While a prisoner, he made shoes for the Union army. Stephen Henry Price was the son of Rebecca "Becky" Price. Becky Price later married Bryant S. Parker. Becky Price was the daughter of Hannity Price and his wife Hannah. Catherine Thompson was the daughter of Thomas Thompson and Jelitha/Telitha Carter, all of Wayne Co, NC. Per Ancestry.com: Name: Stephen H Price , Enlistment Date: 01 September 1864 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Confederacy State Served: North Carolina Unit Numbers: 137 137 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 01 September 1864. Enlisted in Company D, 27th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 01 September 1864. Died Company D, 27th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 11 January 1865 in Richmond, VA ****************************** Book--Co. D, 27th Regiment N.C. Troops, page 43: Price, Stephen H., Private Enlisted at Camp Holmes on September 1, 1864, for the war. Present or accounted for until he died at or near Richmond, Virginia, on or about January 11, 1865. Cause of death not reported. From Wayne Co, NC. ****************************** Ancestry.com -- Military Records: American Civil War Soldiers about Stephen Price Name: Stephen Price , Enlistment Date: 1 Sep 1864 Enlistment Place: Camp Holmes, Raleigh, North Carolina Side Served: Confederacy State Served: North Carolina Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 1 September 1864. Enlisted in Company D, 27th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 1 Sep 1864. Died Company D, 27th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 11 Jan 1865 at Richmond, VA. Sources: 16 |