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Abstract | The Price Family of Rutherford County, N.C., Papers are chiefly letters of Thomas Francis Price to Sarah Harrill Price, married white farmers from Rutherford County, N.C. Thomas Francis Price wrote from camps in Tarboro, Raleigh, Goldsboro, Wilmington, Winston, Halifax, Garysburg, Trap Hill, and Allegheny County, N.C., and from Franklin, Richmond, Drury's Bluff, and Petersburg, Va., while serving in the 56th North Carolina Infantry, Company I. His letters are concerned with upkeep of the farm, the weather at home, provisions, camp life, clothing, morale, pro war and pro peace sentiments within his company, the temptation to desert, and the death penalty for a soldier accused of desertion. There are a few letters written by Sarah Harrill Price, S. L. Price, William H. Harrill, and D. D. Price. (Typed transcriptions for all letters have been provided by the donor.) Also included is "A Soldier"s Conscience," an article about these letters by Doran L. Cart, 1983. |
Creator | Price (Family : Rutherford County, N.C.) |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Nancy Kaiser, May 2019
Encoded by: Nancy Kaiser, May 2019
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Thomas Francis Price and Sarah Harrill Price were married white farmers from Rutherford County, N.C. Thomas Francis Price enlisted as a private in the 56th North Carolina Infantry, Company I, on 8 July 1862. He deserted on 21 August 1864.
Back to TopThe Price Family of Rutherford County, N.C., Papers are chiefly letters of Thomas Francis Price to Sarah Harrill Price, married white farmers from Rutherford County, N.C. Thomas Francis Price wrote from camps in Tarboro, Raleigh, Goldsboro, Wilmington, Winston, Halifax, Garysburg, Trap Hill, and Allegheny County, N.C., and from Franklin, Richmond, Drury's Bluff, and Petersburg, Va., while serving in the 56th North Carolina Infantry, Company I. His letters are concerned with upkeep of the farm, the weather at home, provisions, camp life, clothing, morale, pro war and pro peace sentiments within his company, the temptation to desert, and the death penalty for a soldier accused of desertion. There are a few letters written by Sarah Harrill Price, S. L. Price, William H. Harrill, and D. D. Price. (Typed transcriptions for all letters have been provided by the donor.) Also included is "A Soldier"s Conscience," an article about these letters by Doran L. Cart, 1983.
Back to TopArrangement: chronological.
Folder 1-2
Folder 1Folder 2 |
Letters and transcriptions, 1862-1864 |
Folder 3 |
"A Soldier"s Conscience," 1983 |