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Sterling Price

1809 - 1867

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Sterling Price (September 20, 1809 – September 29, 1867) 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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sterling Price is the 1,896th most popular military personnel (up from 1,961st in 2019), the 9,271st most popular biography from United States (up from 10,428th in 2019) and the 144th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Sterling Price ranks 1,896 out of 2,058. Before him are Augustin Bizimungu, Mikhail Mizintsev, Juan de Salcedo, Nathan Hale, Moe Berg, and John André. After him are Reginald Wingate, Albert Ball, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, James Joseph Dresnok, Leo Tornikios, and Kanhoji Angre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Sterling Price ranks 70. Before him are Thomas Campbell Eyton, Louis Meijer, Nestor Kukolnik, Giuseppe Giusti, Svend Foyn, and Juan Antonio Pezet. After him are Ștefan Golescu, George Engelmann, Achille Guenée, Fanny Kemble, Francis Walker, and Robert M. T. Hunter. Among people deceased in 1867, Sterling Price ranks 58. Before him are Ignatius Brianchaninov, Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac, Phan Thanh Giản, Athanasios Miaoulis, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, and Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg. After him are Ira Aldridge, Robert Smirke, Prideaux John Selby, Nathaniel Parker Willis, and Thomas Francis Meagher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sterling Price ranks 9,273 out of 20,380. Before him are Jimmy Dorsey (1904), Alden Sanborn (1899), George Follmer (1934), Kenneth Lay (1942), Aida Turturro (1962), and Midori (1968). After him are William J. Casey (1913), Terry Kath (1946), Dick Barnett (1936), Michael Paul Chan (1950), Ben Burtt (1948), and Lisa Marie (1968).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Sterling Price ranks 144. Before him are Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962), Elmo Zumwalt (1920), James Stockdale (1923), Nathan Hale (1755), and Moe Berg (1902). After him are James Joseph Dresnok (1941), William Alexander Morgan (1928), William T. Anderson (1839), Alexander Patch (1889), Lyman Lemnitzer (1899), and John Bell Hood (1831).

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