![]() Returning to Missouri as a brevet brigadier general, Price parlayed his war record and a schism in the state’s Democratic Party into the governorship in 1853. After quelling an uprising by the local Pueblo Indians, he led an invasion into Mexico itself, capturing the city of Chihuahua. Assigned to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Price served as the commander of the American forces in the area. In August 1846, Price resigned from Congress and took command of a regiment from Missouri to participate in the Mexican War. Residing near Keytesville in Chariton County, Price went on to serve six years in the Missouri state legislature, including four as the speaker. There, he married Martha Head on May 14, 1833, and was active in a number of enterprises, most notably tobacco farming. Around 1831, Price accompanied his parents west to Missouri. Sterling’s parents, Pugh Price and Elizabeth (Williamson) Price, had three other sons and a daughter. ![]() ![]() 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.īorn in Prince Edward County, Virginia, on September 20, 1809, into a wealthy planting family, Price attended Hampton-Sydney College for one year and then studied law. Sterling Price was a farmer, politician, and soldier who served as a general from Missouri in Arkansas during the Civil War. ![]()
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