STURGIS, Samuel Davis
Affiliation:
Union
Born: June 11 1822, Shippensburg PA
Died: September 28 1889, St Paul MN
Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1846, Mexican war,
frontier duty.
War Service: 1861 led his troops from Ft Smith AR to Ft Leavenworth,
Maj. in 1st US Cavalry, Wilson's Creek, August 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of
Volunteers, Washington defenses, commanded 2nd Divn/IX Corps at South
Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, served in Tennessee and Mississippi, chief
of cavalry in Dept of the Ohio, Brice's Cross Roads, saw no further service
in the War.
Post War: Army service, fought Indians, resigned 1886.