...efeated Sturgis was overheard repeating to himself, as he sat ruminating in his hotel, It can't be done, sir; it can't be done! Asked what he meant, the reply was, They c-a-n-'t whip old Forrest! General Sherman 's report, in cipher, of this battle was: He (Forrest) whipped Sturgis fair and square, and now I will put him against A. J. Smith and Mower, and let them try their hand. In these operations Forre...