Sterling Price
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 157 years ago |
Date of birth | September 20,1809 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Prince Edward County |
Virginia | |
United States | |
Date of died | September 29,1867 |
Died | St. Louis |
Missouri | |
United States | |
Battles and wars | Missouri |
Mormon War | |
Mexican–American War | |
American | |
War | |
Children | Celsus Price |
Martha Sterling | |
Edwin Williamson | |
Job | Lawyer |
Politician | |
Place of burial | Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Education | Hampden-Sydney College |
Party | Democratic Party |
Previous position | Governor of Missouri (1853–1857), Representative (1845–1846) |
Founded | Army Of Missouri |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 597571 |
Sterling Price Life story
Major-General Sterling Price was a United States General and senior officer of the Confederate States Army who fought in both the Western and Trans-Mississippi theaters of the American Civil War. He rose to prominence during the Mexican–American War and served as governor of Missouri from 1853 to 1857.