 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Kunyangwe mamwe akawanda maKentucky State Guard zvikamu zvaizobatana neConfederation, Mutengo nevarume ve The Old Infantry vakabatsira kuumba 21st Kentucky Infantry Regiment. Price akapinda muchiuto somukuru mukuru, asi nokukurumidza akakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni. Musi waFebruary 26, 1862, akaitwa colonel uye akatungamirira boka racho kuburikidza nemakwikwi akawanda makuru kumadokero. Price akakuvadzwa muHondo yeKennesaw Mountainmusi waJune 27, 1864, apo hurumende yake yakabata ndokubata Moulton neDallas Road apo yakanga iri duku zvikuru. Akapora kubva pakukuvadzwa kwake uye gare gare akagadzwa somukuru mukuru weLexington, chinzvimbo chaakabata kusvikira hondo yapera. Mutengo wacho wakabviswa muzvipiri zveU.S. pana December 9, 1865. Mukucherechedza basa rake uye kunyanya hutungamiri hwake paKennesaw Mountain, musi waJanuary 30, 1867 uye zvakare musi waMarch 23, 1867 Mutungamiri Andrew Johnson akasarudza Price kuti asarudzwe semukuru mukuru webato revazvipiri, kubva musi waMarch 13, 1865, uye Senate yeUnited States yakasimbisa kusarudzwa musi waMarch 28, 1867. 