brevet major general. Samuel D. Sturgis was born in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. His parents were Mary Brandenburg and James Sturgis. He entered the United...
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county seat of Meade County and is named after Samuel D. Sturgis, a Union general during the Civil War. Sturgis is notable as the location of one of the largest...
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Lieutenant General Samuel Davis Sturgis III (July 16, 1897 – July 5, 1964), also known as Samuel D. Sturgis Jr., was a senior officer of the United States...
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War I. Samuel Davis Sturgis Jr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri on August 1, 1861, the son of Samuel D. Sturgis and Jerusha (Wilcox) Sturgis. He attended...
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General Thomas William Sweeny wounded, Major Samuel D. Sturgis assumed command of the Union forces. When Sturgis realized that his men were exhausted and...
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infantry and 3,300 cavalry, under the command of Brigadier-General Samuel D. Sturgis, was defeated by a Confederate force of 3,500 cavalry under the command...
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MH-1A (redirect from USS Sturgis)
MH-1A was the first floating nuclear power station. Named Sturgis after General Samuel D. Sturgis, Jr., this pressurized water reactor built in a converted...
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The regimental commander, Colonel Samuel D. Sturgis, returned from his detached duty in St. Louis, Missouri. Sturgis led the 7th Cavalry in the campaign...
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General Sturgis may refer to: Samuel D. Sturgis (1822–1889), U.S. Army brevet major general Samuel D. Sturgis Jr. (1861–1933) (1861–1933), U.S. Army major...
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Yellowstone National Park, the Nez Perce eluded the forces of Colonel Samuel D. Sturgis and followed the Clark's Fork of the Yellowstone River north out of...
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December 29, 1863, in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Union Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, while encamped at Mossy Creek and forward towards Talbott's Station...
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Graduates of the United States Military Academy – Class of 1846 – Samuel D. Sturgis". Retrieved December 10, 2018. Marshall 2007, p. 15. Kappler, Charles...
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Civil War Samuel D. Sturgis III (1897–1964), major general in the U.S. Army and grandson of Union general Samuel D. Sturgis William Codman Sturgis (1862–1942)...
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awards) Brian Stann James Stockdale (four awards) George L. Street III Samuel D. Sturgis Jr. Richard K. Sutherland Thomas Tigue Richard Tilghman Pat Tillman...
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in February 1919. MG Samuel D. Sturgis (25 August 1917). BG Robert Campbell Van Vliet (13 November 1917). MG Samuel D. Sturgis. COL John O'Shea (6 October...
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April 1878, Colonel Samuel D. Sturgis issued the following order: Headquarters Seventh United States Cavalry, Fort A. Lincoln, D. T., April 10th, 1878...
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threaten the Union base at New Market. On January 16, Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, commanding the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Ohio, rode forward from...
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Union operations south of the French Broad. On January 26, Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, having had previous brushes with Confederate cavalry, deployed his...
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= 2nd Lieutenant w = wounded k = killed BG Nathaniel Lyon (k) Maj Samuel D. Sturgis Staff Asst. Inspector General: BG Thomas W. Sweeny Chief of Staff:...
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Gen. Wilds P. Richardson Brig. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth Maj. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis Jr. Somme Offensive Meuse–Argonne 81st Division ("Wildcat Division")...
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January 1918), Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite (1 March 1918), Maj. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis (22 November 1918), Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite (12 April 1919) Inactivated:...
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regiment. Subsequently, Smith resigned from the US Army and Colonel Samuel D. Sturgis took command of the regiment on May 6, 1869. Lieutenant Colonel George...
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University, and part of the Shippen Family. Samuel D. Sturgis, Union Army general and namesake of Sturgis, South Dakota. Andrew G. Miller (1811-1880)...
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55th United States Colored Infantry Regiment (section Memphis, Sturgis' expedition, and Smith's expedition)
and 13 June 1864 the 55th USCI participated in Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis' expedition into Mississippi as part of the 3rd Brigade of its Infantry...
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March 1949 1953-01-2626 January 1953 Lieutenant general Sturgis, Samuel D. Jr.Samuel D. Sturgis Jr. 1953-03-1717 March 1953 1956-09-3030 September 1956...
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he was promoted to captain in May 1861. As an adjutant of General Samuel D. Sturgis he saw action at the Battle of Dug Springs and observed the Union...
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500-man force clashed with 8,500 men commanded by U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis at the Battle of Brices Crossroads in northeastern Mississippi. Here...
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the area on a punitive expedition. In July, the command of Captain Samuel D. Sturgis made a major contact. After an eight-day chase, he fought a battle...
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originally known as Camp Sturgis and later Camp Ruhlen, is a former United States Army post located just east of Sturgis, South Dakota, United States...
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and had stationed General Samuel D. Sturgis and 600 cavalry near the base of the mountains to intercept the Indians. Sturgis's forces were strategically...
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