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Sterling Price
Civil War Encyclopedia >> People - Confederate Military
| May 21, 1861 | Sterling Price signs an agreement with William Harney, essentially handing Missouri over to federal forces. | Missouri |
| May 24, 1861 | Sterling Price refuses to disband his troops | Missouri |
| July 11, 1861 | Sterling Price, Confederate governor Claiborne Jackson, Nathaniel Lyon, and Francis Blair meet at Planters' House in St. Louis to discuss a truce. Lyon was quoted as saying "This means war" after the talks end abruptly | Missouri |
| August 10, 1861 | Battle of Wilson's Creek [US]
Battle of Springfield [CS] Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon [US] is killed in the Confederate victory |
Missouri |
| Generals Who Died In the Civil War | ||
| September 12, 1861 September 20, 1861 |
Battle of Lexington
Sterling Price, with 18,000 men, lays siege to Lexington, Missouri, with a federal force of 3.600 under Colonel James Mulligan. After fighting intensified on September 19, Mulligan surrendered on the 20th. |
Missouri |
| March 6, 1862 March 8, 1862 |
Battle of Pea Ridge [US]
Battle of Elkhorn Tavern [CS] |
Arkansas |
| Earl Van Dorn | ||
| July 3, 1862 | Sterling Price [CS] assumes command of the Army of the West | |
| September 19, 1862 | Battle of Iuka
William Rosecrans [US] beat Sterling Price [CS] who withdrew when scouts report a column under the command of Edward O. C. Ord was advancing from the Mississippi. |
Mississippi |
| William S. Rosecrans | ||
| October 3, 1862 October 4, 1862 |
Battle of Corinth
Earl Van Dorn [CS] and Sterling Price [CS] attack William Rosecrans [US] northern perimeter, driving it back to a reinforced line. Rosecrans successfully defends the city |
Mississippi |
| Earl Van Dorn | ||
| William S. Rosecrans | ||
| October 5, 1862 | Battle of Hatchie Bridge [US]
Battle of Metamora [CS] Other names: Hatchie; Davis Bridge Edward Ord [US] discovers Confederates retreating from Corinth. When Ord was severly wounded fighting paused as command passed to Stephen Hurlbut [US]. Sterling Price [CS] was able to escape. |
Mississippi |
| Edward O. C. Ord | ||
| September 10, 1863 | Sterling Price [CS] withdraws from Little Rock | Arkansas |
| March 16, 1864 | Sterling Price takes command of the Confederate District of Arkansas | Arkansas |
| April 18, 1864 | Battle of Poison Spring
Sterling Price [CS] and John Marmaduke [CS] raid US supply wagons heading for Grand Ecore to relieve Nathaniel Banks [US] failed expedition. After heavy fighting the federals were forced to withdraw |
Arkansas |
| Red River Campaign | ||
| Nathaniel Banks |
Sterling Price
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Sterling Price was last changed on - July 6, 2006
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