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Mar 9, 2022 · Sterling Price was a farmer, politician, and soldier who served as a general from Missouri in Arkansas during the Civil War. Most notably, he commanded the Confederate Department of Arkansas during the fall of Little Rock (Pulaski County) to Federal forces and during the Camden Expedition.
Sterling Price (September 14, 1809 – September 29, 1867) was a United States general and senior officer of the Confederate States Army who fought in both the Western and Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War.
Mar 22, 2024 · Sterling Price was an antebellum governor of Missouri, United States Congressman, and prominent Confederate commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. On May 12, 1861, Sterling Price negotiated an agreement with Union General William S. Harney, known as the Price-Harney Truce.
Sterling Price (born Sept. 20, 1809, Prince Edward County, Va., U.S.—died Sept. 29, 1867, St. Louis, Mo.) was an antebellum governor of Missouri, and Confederate general during the U.S. Civil War.
Jul 8, 2019 · Major General Sterling Price was a Confederate commander during the American Civil War. Sterling Price led Confederate forces in the west during the early years of the conflict. Leading an invasion of Missouri in 1864, Sterling Price was defeated by Union forces.
Jan 12, 2024 · Key facts about Sterling Price, an antebellum governor of Missouri, United States Congressman, and prominent Confederate commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. On May 12, 1861, Sterling Price negotiated an agreement with Union General William S. Harney, known as the Price-Harney Truce.
In March of 1861, Price was president of the Missouri convention that opposed secession, but as a result of disagreements he had with Unionists, Price accepted command of the Missouri Militia to fight for the Confederacy.
Born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, on September 11, 1809, Sterling Price was the son of a tobacco planter of middling status who provided a comfortable home and a good education for his five children.
In 1864, Price returned to Missouri with an invasion of troops designed to disrupt the state election and pull Union resources away from conflicts in the East. Following the major conflicts at Pilot Knob and Westport, Price and his army were repelled.
Sterling Price was a lawyer, politician, and general from Missouri, he fought in the Mexican-American War and for the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
