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William H. Price
b. 1931
Best known for concise, accessible books on the American Civil War, this writer focused on helping general readers grasp the conflict’s people, battles, and larger meaning. The surviving public record is thin, but his work clearly shows a strong interest in battlefield detail and overlooked historical facts.
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The Civil War Centennial Handbook
by William H. Price
About the author
William H. Price was an American writer associated with Civil War Handbook and The Civil War Centennial Handbook, works published around the Civil War centennial era. Publicly available book records also connect his name with The Stork's Lieutenant, suggesting a small but varied body of work.
A contemporary Project Gutenberg note on The Civil War Centennial Handbook describes him as someone deeply interested in lesser-known Civil War details and says he lived in Northern Virginia, where he explored battlefields on foot and studied troop positions closely. That background fits the practical, reader-friendly style of his historical writing.
Reliable biographical information beyond his books is limited, so details such as his full life story or broader career are not easy to confirm from the sources found here. In spite of that, his surviving publications point to an author who wanted history to feel direct, vivid, and approachable for non-specialist readers.