CIVIL WAR GENERAL WIA GETTYSBURG COLONEL 7th NEW JERSEY INFANTRY DOCUMENT SIGNED

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CIVIL WAR GENERAL WIA GETTYSBURG COLONEL 7th NEW JERSEY INFANTRY DOCUMENT SIGNED:
$101.88

FRANCIS PRICE

(1839 – 1898)

CIVIL WAR UNION BVT BRIGADIER GENERAL

WIA GETTYSBURG COLONEL OF THE 7thNEW JERSEY INFANTRY

At the infamous battleof Gettysburg in July 1863, Price was with the unit as it was positioned nearEmmittsburg Road supporting federal artillery on the second day of the Battle.When the forces of Confederate General James B. Longstreet launched a massiveattack on the out-positioned Union forces, Colonel Price attempted to stem theretreat of his men in the face of overwhelming odds by grabbing the regiment\'scolor bearers and planting the Flags where his men could see them. As soon ashe performed that act he was severely wounded in the leg, and was carried offthe field!

HERE’sA VERY RARE CIVIL WAR DATE DOCUMENT SIGNED BY PRICE – AN INVOICE OFORDNANCE and ORDNANCE STORES TURNED OVER BY COLONEL PROCE AT ALEXANDRIA,VIRGINIA, JULY 14, 1865. COL. PRICERETURNS SPRNGFIELD RIFLE MUSKETS, BAYONET SCABBARDS, CARTRIDGE BOXES, GUNSLINGS, WAIST BELTS, WAIST PLATES, ETC…

BEAUTIFULLYand BOLDLY SIGNED BY FRANCIS PRICE AS COLONEL OF THE 7th NJ!

Thedocument measures 8½” x 11” and is in very fine condition.

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Flags where his men could see them. As soon as he performed that act he wasseverely wounded in the leg, and was carried off the field.

SEVENTH INFANTRY
(Three Years)

Seventh Infantry.--Cols., Joseph W. Revere, Louis R.

Francine, Francis Price, Jr.; Lieut.-Cols., Ezra A. Carman,

Daniel Hart; Majs., J. Dallas McIntosh, Frederick Cooper,

Charles H. Fosselman. This regiment was organized under the

provisions of an act of Congress, approved July 22, 1861, and

was fully organized, officered and equipped by Sept. 3, when,

although the strength of the regiment was below the maximum as

required, it was mustered into the U. S. service at Camp Olden,

Trenton, for three years. At the urgent request of the

government that the regiment be forwarded to the seat of war,

seven companies were despatched to Washington on Sept. 19, and

reported for duty the following day. The remaining three

companies were recruited up to the number required and left the

state on Oct. 3, joining the regiment at Washington. The

strength of the regiment then was 38 officers, 882 non-

commissioned officers and privates, a total of 920. Upon

arrival at Washington the regiment went into camp at Meridian

hill, and remained there until the early part of Dec., 1861,

when it was ordered to report to Gen. Joseph Hooker, near

Budd\'s ferry, Md., where it was brigaded with the 5th, 6th and

8th N. J. and designated the 3d brigade of Hooker\'s division.

The regiment was one of the four that composed what was

generally known as the 2d New Jersey brigade. At the battle of

Williamsburg, Va., the 6th, 7th and 8th regiments were sent

into the left of the road, occupying a wood in front of the

enemy\'s works. Lieut.-Col. Carman was wounded in this action.

Gen. Hooker, in his report of the battle of Fair Oaks spoke in

most emphatic terms of the gallantry of the brigade and added

that the service assigned to the 7th and 8th N. J. was

performed to his entire satisfaction. In the engagement at

Seven Pines, the loss of the regiment was 1 killed, 5 wounded

and 1 missing. In the engagement at Bristoe Station Capt.

Abbott was killed and a considerable number wounded. In the

series of engagements ending on Sept. 1, 1862, the total loss

of the regiment was 36. While lying at Fairfax Station, on the

morning of Nov. 22, Gen. Patterson, commanding the brigade,

died suddenly in his tent and Col. Revere of the 7th succeeded

to the command. In the Chancellorsville campaign in the spring

of 1863, the New Jersey brigade, under command of Gen. Mott,

crossed the Rappahannock on Friday, May 1, and in the action

which followed the 7th lost 6 killed, 43 wounded and 4 missing.

At Gettysburg, on July 2, in the face of a murderous fire, the

New Jersey troops held their position for a time, but were

ultimately compelled to fall back, Col. Francine and Lieut.-

Col. Price, with many other officers, sustaining serious

injuries. The total losses of the regiment during the months

of May and June, 1864, amounted to 13 killed, 86 wounded and 59

missing. Among the wounded in the charge at Fort Morton, in

front of Petersburg, were 2 privates of the 7th. At Hatcher\'s

run Gen. McAllister directed the 7th, which was the third

regiment from the left of his line, formed at a different angle

so as to enable it to enfilade the enemy\'s columns, to oblique

its fire, which aided materially in driving the enemy from his

position. At the Armstrong house, the 7th and 8th N. J.

regiments were ordered to the right of the division, where

later in the day, when Lieut.-Col. Schoonover\'s command was

attacked and driven from the works occupied in the morning, the

two regiments went to his help, with the result that his line

was reestablished and securely held. On June 25, 1863, a large

number of the regiment reenlisted in the field for three years

or during the war. Those who did not reenlist and whose term

of service had expired reported by order at Trenton, N. J., and

were mustered out on Oct. 7, 1864. Those who remained were

consolidated into the 7th battalion and so remained until Nov.

6, 1864, at which time the 5th battalion was joined to it by

transfer. The command then resumed its regimental

organization, which it continued until the close of the war,

being finally mustered out near Washington, D. C., July 17,

1865. The total strength of the regiment was 2,906, and it

lost, by resignation 30, by discharge 374, by promotion 73, by

transfer 415, by death 260, by desertion 656, by dismissal 7,

not accounted for 70, mustered out 1,021.

Source: The Union Army, vol. 3

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