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Price (STERLING an American military)

STERLING, an American military officer; born in Prince Edward co., Va., Sept. 11, 1809. Settled in Missouri in 1831; was elected to Congress in 1844; served in the Mexican War as colonel and Brigadier-General of volunteers; was military governor of Chihuahua in 1847; governor of Missouri in 1853-1857, and president of the State Convention in February, 1861. When the Civil War broke out he joined the Confederate army, and became Major- General in May, 1861. Was commander of the Department of the W. in 1862. and PRIESTLEY afterward of the districts of Tennessee and Trans-Mississippi. He died in St.

Louis, Mo., Sept. 29, 1867.