1867
Sterling Price, American major general and politician (born 1809)
Sterling Price, American major general and politician (born 1809)
Sterling Price, American major general and politician (born 1809)
Sterling Price
American politician and Confederate Army general (1809–1867)
- Died
- 1867
Sterling Price was an American politician and military officer who was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, fighting in both the Western and Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War. He rose to prominence during the Mexican–American War and served as the 11th governor of Missouri from 1853 to 1857. He is remembered today for his service in Arkansas (1862–1865) and for his defeat at the Battle of Westport on October 23, 1864.