David E. Price

By: Lauren Dzierski

David E. Price who voluntarily joined the 6th Virginia Calvary was enlisted into the calvary in 1862. He left his family to go do what he thought was right and fight for his countries civil rights. During the Civil War their where many battles going on, although I did not have the luck of finding the exact battle that David E. Price fought in due to the services records it was sometime in between November-December of 1864.

David E. Price has a sister, Martha J. Price(Parish), who was younger than David. According to the 1860 Census, she was about four years younger than him. David also had a mother, Mary Price, who was 67 years of age. Mary was a farmer and has a personal worth value, jewelry, and cherishable items, of $700. Mary also has a real estate value, her house, of $100. David was a mattress maker, and William Parish who is Martha's husband was a farm laborer. Also according to the 1860 Census on ancestry.com Martha J. Price(Parish) and William Parish had two kids, Victoria V. Parish age 1, and Philip T. Parish age 4/12 months. All 6 people lived together in the same home in North District, Pittsylvania Virginia.

As said earlier David E. Price voluntarily joined the 6th Virginia Calvary to help his country fight for their civil rights. When looking at the website fold3.com David has a lot of service records dating back all the way to 1862 when he got enlisted. In 1864 he was absent from his service due to sickness for 60 days, he was also absent in September-October time frame in 1864 also due to sickness. He was present for all of the other Muster Roll calls except on January 6,1865, David E. Price died in Pittsylvania County due to Chronic Dysentery Disease. Chronic Dysentery Disease is when inflammation of an intestine causes diarrhea with blood, it is caused by a number of types of infections such as bacteria and viruses. Considering that he died back in the 1860’s there was not a lot of medicine or medical technology like there is today to treat these chronic illnesses. Chronic Dysentery Disease was very common in the 1860’s due to all the infections that were spreading throughout troops and people.

In conclusion, David E. Price was a great guy who lived a great life and did many great things. Most people when they turn 18 don’t want to get drafted but David was brave enough and didn't even have to get drafted he voluntarily joined the war which shows great bravery and courage to represent his country, and to fight for what he believes in.

Bibliography:

Fold 3: https://www.fold3.com/browse/271/hAoZO-WDbkWEt5Uogg4eMkRcThCHKQjPO

Ancestry: http://search.ancestryclassroom.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?phsrc=Eoz2&phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=1860usfedcenancestry&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=David+E&gsfnx=0&gsln=Price&gslnx=0&msrpn_ftp=Pittsylvania+County%2c+Virginia%2c+USA&msrpn=2376&msrpnPInfo=7-%7c0%7c1652393%7c0%7c2%7c0%7c49%7c0%7c2376%7c0%7c0%7c&83004003-nxcl=f&MSAV=0&uidh=muc&pcat=35&fh=0&h=34369393&recoff=&ml_rpos=1

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