Prince enlisted as a private in Co. F of the 12th VA Infantry on June 6, 1861. He furnished a substitute on November 15, 1862, and the substitute deserted one day later. His widow's pension application indicates he transferred to the cavalry, but the records are unclear as to this service.
Prince returned to Sussex County, VA where he was county clerk from
1861-1865, having been deputy clerk under his father in 1860. He is credited with saving many county records from destruction by hiding them prior to the Union occupation. In 1880, he was living in Hertford county, NC where he was a farmer and merchant. By 1900, he was living in Southampton County, VA and was a farmer. He died on February 13, 1924 and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Newsoms, Southamton County, VA.
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