Samuel D. Sturgis

Samuel Davis Sturgis (June 11, 1822 – September 28, 1889) was an American military officer who served in the Mexican War, as a Union general in the American Civil War, and later in the Indian Wars.

Samuel D. Sturgis in The Guns of the South
Samuel D. Sturgis was defeated in 1864 by Nathan Bedford Forrest near Corinth, Mississippi, despite outnumbering the enemy more than two to one. This occurred shortly before the Confederate capture of Washington City.