[1] Rebecca L. Price was a leader of the Phoenixville Union Relief Society at the beginning the American Civil War, organizing sewists and knitters, running donation drives, and delivering supplies to troops.

She was given a travel pass by Pennsylvania's governor Andrew Gregg Curtin to facilitate her work.

She rode a cattle car to offer compassionate care to badly wounded soldiers and replenish clothing, bandages, food, and other provisions after the Battle of Gettysburg.

Rebecca L. Price was widowed in 1914 and died in 1919, aged 81 years, at her home in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

[5] In 2015, the Phoenixville Historical Society marked Armed Forces Day with an event honoring Rebecca Lane Pennypacker Price's contributions as a nurse in the American Civil War.