A donor with ancestral ties to Missouri’s Battle of Wilson’s Creek is helping preserve stories about the Civil War battlefield with a $100,000 legacy donation, the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Foundation announced.
Albert Magnus Price, a longtime supporter of Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield, died in September 2023. Albert Price was the great-grand-nephew of Sterling Price, general and commander of the Missouri State Guard at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek on Aug. 10, 1861. His legacy gift of nearly $100,000 will be used to build the foundation’s endowment and to support the purchase of land and artifacts, operations, educational programs, and park events.
In addition to the legacy gift, Albert Price previously donated artifacts to the Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield museum collection. These artifacts included Sterling Price’s pocket watch, a memorial lithograph, and his revolver (on loan from the Price family). These items are currently on display in the visitor center.