Lot of 7 items related to General Sterling Price including: a CDV period copy of a portrait of Price; a clipped CDV sized tintype of a portrait of Price; a cabinet card of a painting of Price on his horse leading a Confederate picket; a 3.75 x 5.75 in. engraving by O'Neill of New York of a bust of Sterling; a 1901 issued of The Columbia Missouri Herald titled Who are the Most Famous Missourians? that which includes Price; and a typed 8 p. copy of "Memorials of the Earl of Sterling and of the "House Alexander." Sterling Price, also known as "Old Pap," was a Missouri resident, congressman, Mexican War vet, Territorial Governor of New Mexico, and from 1852-57 the Governor of Missouri. Price achieved early success at Wilson's Creek, but his later engagements in the West were less successful. War's end found him with his command in Texas; after Appomattox he fled to Mexico, preferring exile to surrender, but with the fall of Maximillian he returned to the Union, dying in St. Louis in 1867. Condition: Most are in good condition with some toning. The tintype has some surface damage is uncased and has been clipped.
Lot of 7 items related to General Sterling Price including: a CDV period copy of a portrait of Price; a clipped CDV sized tintype of a portrait of Price; a cabinet card of a painting of Price on his horse leading a Confederate picket; a 3.75 x 5.75 in. engraving by O'Neill of New York of a bust of Sterling; a 1901 issued of The Columbia Missouri Herald titled Who are the Most Famous Missourians? that which includes Price; and a typed 8 p. copy of "Memorials of the Earl of Sterling and of the "House Alexander." Sterling Price, also known as "Old Pap," was a Missouri resident, congressman, Mexican War vet, Territorial Governor of New Mexico, and from 1852-57 the Governor of Missouri. Price achieved early success at Wilson's Creek, but his later engagements in the West were less successful. War's end found him with his command in Texas; after Appomattox he fled to Mexico, preferring exile to surrender, but with the fall of Maximillian he returned to the Union, dying in St. Louis in 1867. Condition: Most are in good condition with some toning. The tintype has some surface damage is uncased and has been clipped.
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