Philip M. Price Captain, United States Army

Philip M. Price of Pennsylvania Appointed from Pennsylvania, Cadet, United States Military Academy, 1 July 1865 (4) Second Lieutenant, 2nd U. S. Artillery, 15 June 1869 Transferred to the Corps of Engineers, 10 June 1872 First Lieutenant, 30 September 1873 Captain, 10 January 1883 Died 4 October 1894 WASHINGTON, October 8, 1894 - The remains of the late Captain Philip M. Price, United States Army, Secretary of the Lighthouse Board, who died very suddenly on Thursday last at Fort Monroe of oedema of the lungs, were incinerated Saturday at the Baltimore Crematory, and the ashes were brought to this city and interred at Arlington today. The funeral took place at 2 o'clock thisafternoon from the Richmond Hotel.  The interment was private, the ashes being accompanied only by the immediate family and a few intimatefriends. PRICE, PHILIP M CAPT US ENG CORPS DATE OF DEATH: 10/05/1894 BURIED AT: SECTION 9  SITE 145 ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY  Posted: 23 July 2005 Updated: 2 May 2006 Updated: 25 August 2007