William Price Civil War diary

Collection

Identifier: MS-0130

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William Price Civil War diary

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Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains the diary William Price kept during the Civil War. Along with handwritten entries, there are newspaper articles pasted in. Some are wartime reports others are published accounts of Price’s remarks. Price’s son Benjamin was enlisted with Company A of the 13th Maryland Regiment. He enlisted when he lived in Chestertown.

Dates

Creation: 1861-1863

Access restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication rights

Copyright has not been assigned to Washington College. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Washington College as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Biographical Information

William Price (circa 1794-1868) was born in Hagerstown, Maryland to Jean Jane Scott Price (1768-1802) and Josiah Price (1757-1825). He graduated from Dickinson College and went on to read law under Judge Mason of Washington County, Maryland, where he passed the bar. Price served in the Maryland General Assembly as a Senator in 1824 then with the House of Delegates, Baltimore City, from 1861-1862. He served as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland from 1862-1865 and 1866-1867. Price was also the President of the Union Party Baltimore City Convention of 1864. In May of 1842, he married Marion Wallace Bruce (1816-1878) and had three children; Benjamin Price (1843- ), Bruce Price (1845-1903), and Adrian Price (1847- ). William passed away on November 28, 1868.