Bushwhacked At Duvall's Bluff

          I've spent this evening learning of my paternal 2xGrandmother's father-in-law. Matilda never met him, as she married his son, James A. Price (her third husband), in 1900 long after Linsey was killed in the war between the states.

          Several databases are uploading military records which is a boon for family historians. I especially like learning the physical descriptions of my ancestors. Why, unless you committed a horrendous crime and had your face splashed across a newspaper's front page, few documents from the 19th century describe a person's coloring, height, and weight as do military enlistment docs. The Union Army's records offer more detail than do those of the Confederacy.

          Linsey Price enlisted June 5, 1863 and served with Company F of the 11th Regiment Cavalry. While Price may have been born and bred in Kentucky, he joined a Missouri unit with the Union Army. Many researchers spell his name "Lindsey." But I only find his signature showing a spelling of Linsey. See for yourself in these splendid actual docs:

          Did you see Pvt. Price was "5 foot 7 inches high," fair complected, hazel eyes, with dark hair. And his health record, word! The detailed questions. I've not seen that before in Civil War records. 

          Alas, this "regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 28 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 5 Officers and 181 Enlisted men by disease. Total 216." Including our Linsey Price, who allegedly was slain by bushwhackers at Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas on July 6, 1864. He was survived by his wife Emma (Talley) Price and their infant son James. She gave birth to his second son five months later. Imagine the heartbreak in that young family.

Additional Sites With Price And/Or Military Records:

Descendant Peter Castro's Marriage Records: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~modavies/marriages.htm

Describes operations of the 11th Missouri Cavalry in northeast Arkansas in January 1864:  http://cdm16795.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/CivilWar/searchterm/purpose!11th%20Cavalry/field/all!all/mode/all!all/conn/and!and/order/subjec/ad/desc

http://home.usmo.com/~momollus/MOREG/C027.htm

http://civilwartalk.com/threads/11th-missouri-volunteer-calvary.80435/

http://www.civilwarbuff.org/Places/Lonoke/ashley-jones-05232014101052.pdf 

UPDATE:  As of April 2020 several of the sites listed above are no longer valid.