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P1994.1H.259Description
Price, Sterling, General, Confederate Army in Missouri, Photos (6), c. 1860-1865. b/w. Photo taken of portrait photos or illustration of Gen. Sterling Price, most in his military uniform. Includes photos of monument to Price in Keytesville, MO, where he lived before the Civil War.
Price was Governor of Missouri 1853-1857. He was previously noted for his service in Mexican War. He served as military governor of New Mexico after Kearney and put down the Texas revolt of 1847.
Joining the Confederate forces, Price won one of the first Civil War battles at Wilson's Creek in South Missouri and in Sept. 1861, defeated Union forces at Lexington, MO. Among others he was instrumental in Arkansas and made one of the last raids on Missouri in Oct. 1864 in the Battle of the Little Blue and Battle of Westport.
Rather than surrender his forces at the end of the war, Price led the remainder of his army to Mexico in June of 1865, where he sought service with the Emperor Maximilian.
He died in St. Louis in 1867 at age 58.
Set of 6 photos: P1994.1H.(255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 250)
Price as young man, c. age 30. Head/shoulders view. Man with dark hair, worn a bit long, clean shaven, wearing dark suit jacket with bow tie. His signature below photo c. 1840
94.1H.256 = Price in officer uniform, Head/shoulders view. Man with gray hair, worn a bit long over ears. Military uniform with three stars on collar. "Gen. Sterling Price" printed below photo. c. 1860
94.H.257 = Price in officer uniform, Gray hair, dark uniform. "Gen. Sterling Price" printed below photo. 5" x 7"
94.1H.258 = Price in Confederate Officer uniform, his hand in his coat Napoleon style. "Major General Sterling Price printed below photo.
94.1H.259 = Full length shot of monument to Price in Keytesville, MO. Bronze of Sterling in Confederate uniform with long coat, hat in his hand at his side. Saber at his right side. Atop a white pillar. "General Sterling Price" 1809-1867"
94.1H.260 = Civil War bronze plaque about Price. Reads " General Sterling Price. Born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, September 11, 1809. Resided in Chariton County, -Missouri, 1831-1865. Speaker of the House of Representatives of Missouri General Assembly, 1840-1844. Elected to congress 1844. Participated in War with Mexico, 1846-1848 Rising from rank of Colonel to that of Brigadier General. Chairman of Convention of 1861. Major General in Command of Missouri State Troops 1861-1862. Died in St. Louis Missouri Sept. 29, 1867.
Original digital scan located on History CD 04Lexicon
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