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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.
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.
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.
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 · In August 1864, Major General Sterling Price led the Confederate Army of Missouri on an unsuccessful raid into Missouri and Kansas with aims of bolstering Confederate influence in the West, diverting Union troops away from the Eastern Theater, and damaging U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s reelection ambitions.
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 was a lawyer, planter, politician, brigadier general of volunteers in the Mexican-American War and Governor of Missouri from 1853 to 1857.
Apr 10, 2015 · MAJOR GENERAL STERLING PRICE. Commander, Price's Division (Missouri State Guard), Army of the West. Born in Virginia in 1809, "Old Pap" commanded the Missouri State Guard. He moved to Missouri in 1831, where he owned a tobacco plantation.
