Early Sturgis
Private Joseph Bates, Company M, 7th Cavalry died on September 13, 1893 at Sturgis, South Dakota. (Custer’s Best: The Story of Company M, 7th Cavalry at the Little Bighorn)
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Stalingrad air attack
On September 13, 1942 the weather at Stalingrad was clear and warm, with a high of 93° F. Sunrise was at 5:34 a.m.; sunset occurred at 6:21 p.m. The moon was in waxing crescent with 9% illumination. The Sixth Army headquarters was located at Golubinskaya on the Don River. Bombers and dive-bombers from the Luftwaffe’s VIII Air Corps pounded Stalingrad in large-scale attacks. (Stalingrad: The Death of the German Sixth Army on the Volga, 1942-1943)