Samuel Davis Sturgis (June 11, 1822 – September 28, 1889) was an American military officer who served in the Mexican-American War , as a United States Army general in the American Civil War , and later in the Indian Wars.
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 .[ 1] General Sherman's supply lines undefended, and was one of the factors that convinced President Lincoln that the military situation was lost.
Forrest later told Robert E. Lee that Sturgis had lamented "For God 's sake, if Mr. Forrest will let me alone, I will let him alone." But Forrest wouldn't let Sturgis alone, aiming to defeat him completely.[ 2]
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