Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Brigadier General Sturgis” in article 3 of The Daily Dispatch: November 18, 1861., [Electronic resource]:
... and examining into the general condition of the army, and to-day he has gone on a reconnaissance touch, with his body guard, four hundred infantry, a battery, and several companies of cavalry.
Brigadier General Sturgis has been appointed chief of the Staff and of Cavalry on Hunter's Staff.
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