William Redwood Price

William Redwood Price was an American military officer who participated in the American Civil War on the Union side and later in the Hualapai War.

William Redwood Price
Born(1836-05-20)May 20, 1836
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
DiedDecember 30, 1881(1881-12-30) (aged 45)
Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Buried
Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Allegiance United States
Union
Branch United States Army
Union Army
Years of service1861 — 1874
RankLieutenant Colonel
Brevet Brigadier General
Unit3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry
6th U.S. Cavalry Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Hualapai War

Biography

Price was born in Cincinnati on May 20, 1836, and entered military service when the American Civil War broke out by joining the Union Army as a captain in the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry.[1] He was the Assistant Commissary of Musters of the staff of William W. Averell. Due to his skills in administration he was reassigned to Washington D.C. where he served as an Assistant Adjutant-General and then as Assistant Inspector-General in the Cavalry Bureau.[2] He was brevetted Brigadier General on March 13, 1865. Staying in the army; he became Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th U.S. Cavalry Regiment.[2] In 1867 Price organized a garrison of men from the 8th U.S. Cavalry Regiment and the 14th U.S. Infantry Regiment, stationed in Fort Whipple, to launch raids against the Hualapai during the Hualapai War.[3] Price retired in 1874[4] and died on December 30, 1881, in Germantown, Philadelphia. He was buried at the Laurel Hill Cemetery.

See also

References

  1. William Redwood Price: Person, pictures and information - Fold3.com
  2. Price, William Redwood, 1836-1881 - Social Networks and Archival Context
  3. Broder, Patricia Janis; Ben Wittick (1990). Shadows on glass: the Indian world of Ben Wittick. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 70–72. ISBN 0-8476-7631-5.
  4. David Johnson (Jun 15, 2014). The Horrell Wars: Feuding in Texas and New Mexico. University of North Texas Press. p. 207. ISBN 978-1574415506.

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