Atlas of Battles

commander, 6 engagements

Battles of Samuel D. Sturgis

Battles of Samuel D. Sturgis

Union army general (1822–1889)

Samuel D. Sturgis is recorded as a commander at 6 placed engagements in the atlas between 1861 and 1877: 6 battles, all in present-day United States. Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,539 km apart end to end, 708 km between engagements on average. Most belong to American Civil War (5), Nez Perce War (1).

Battle of Fair GardenBattle of Wilson's CreekBattle of Mossy CreekBattle of DandridgeBattle of Brice's Cross RoadsBattle of Canyon CreekBattle of Wilson's CreekBattle of Mossy CreekBattle of DandridgeBattle of Brice's Cross RoadsBattle of Canyon CreekChicagoAtlantaDenverDetroitMinneapolisSt. LouisClevelandCincinnatiMilwaukeeMemphis1000 km40.138N, 96.082W
6 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1861: 1 engagements1863: 1 engagements1864: 3 engagements3 in 18641877: 1 engagements18611877
6 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Wilson's Creek, 1861Battle of Mossy Creek, 1863Battle of Dandridge, 1864Battle of Fair Garden, 1864Battle of Brice's Cross Roads, 1864Battle of Canyon Creek, 187718611877
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
10 August 1861Battle of Wilson's CreekChristian County, Missouri, United StatesConfederate victory
29 December 1863Battle of Mossy CreekJefferson County, Tennessee, United States895 km EUnion victory
16 January 1864Battle of DandridgeJefferson County, Tennessee, United States14 km SEConfederate victory
27 January 1864Battle of Fair GardenSevier County, Tennessee, United States25 km SWUnion victory
10 June 1864Battle of Brice's Cross RoadsMississippi, United States498 km WConfederate victory
13 September 1877Battle of Canyon CreekMontana, United States2,108 km NWNez Perce victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.