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Since Agent Grice was
not in the Army, no biography exists for him in the National
Archives. Below is my biography. Entries in blue are references
and my additions
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Alexander Pinkham Grice was 25 years
old and living in a boarding house in Portsmouth, Va., with his
parents when the 1860 Census was taken (born May 19, 1835). His occupation was listed as
Bookkeeper. George W. Grice, 36 years old at the Census, and Mayor
of Portsmouth, was Alex's cousin. Alex
worked under George through most of the war. He was married to Susan
Thorougood Brooks.
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Alexander was the Treasurer for a
"car works" in 1870. He died in 1891 in Portsmouth, where
he was noted as a merchant. An Alexander P. Grice III lived in Norfolk for
most of his long life and died there in 2010. Son Alexander P. Grice
IV is still in the Norfolk area.
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| July 11, 1862 |
Sold produce in
Petersburg
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| March 19, 1863 |
Special Messenger
between Charlotte and Richmond
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| October 29, 1863 |
Appointed an agent
for the Quartermaster Department and ordered to report to Major
Charles S. Carrington for assignment.
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| October 31, 1863 |
Ordered to report to
Major George W. Grice for duty as Transportation Agent at Florence,
S. C.
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| November 1, 1863 |
Paid for service for
October
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| November 28, 1863 |
Mentioned by Sexius
regarding cotton transportation
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| December 23, 1863 |
Replied to QMG
circular letter and reported on transporting rice
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| February 6, 1864 |
Received shipping
instructions
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| February 8, 1864 |
Asked if transit
cotton should be repaired before forwarding
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| March 8, 1864 |
Issue with
private/government freight
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| April 23, 1864 |
Could not get
transportation
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| June 10, 1864 |
Was asked for cars on
the Wilmington & Manchester RR to move corn
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| June 30, 1864 |
Paid for 8 months'
service as Transportation Agent at Florence
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| July 12, 1864 |
Certified receipt of
forms
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| July 31, 1864 |
Paid as Agent in
charge of Transportation Department at Florence
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| August 3, 1864 |
Freight problems in
Florence, S. C. and nearby
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| December 30, 1864 |
Paid for 5 months'
service as Transportation Agent at Florence and received Commutation
of Quarters and Fuel
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| February 7, 1865 |
Freight issues in
Florence
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