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Daniel Edgar Sickles (October 20, 1819 – May 3, 1914) was an American politician, soldier, and diplomat.. Born to a wealthy family in New York City, Sickles was involved in a number of scandals, most notably the 1859 homicide of his wife's lover, U.S. Attorney Philip Barton Key II, whom Sickles gunned down in broad daylight in Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House. [2]
Sickles was born on October 20, 1819, in New York City. He entered politics and served in the United States Congress from 1857 to 1861. In 1859, he gained notoriety for shooting [1] Philip Barton Key II over an affair Key had with Sickles's wife. Sickles successfully pleaded temporary insanity for the first time in United States history. [2]
General Daniel Edgar Sickles served as chairman until forced out over accusations of embezzling $27,000 from the commission. [2] Lewis R. Stegman replaced him as chairman in 1912. [ 3 ]
Its losses at Gettysburg were 578 killed, 3,026 wounded, and 606 missing; total, 4,210 out of less than 10,000 actually engaged. The morning report showed 11,924 present for duty equipped. General Sickles was seriously wounded, losing a leg; he left the corps and active military service, and General Birney succeeded temporarily to the command.
The Excelsior Brigade was a military unit in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Mainly composed of infantry regiments raised in the state of New York primarily by former U.S. Representative Daniel Sickles, the brigade served in several of the Army of the Potomac's most important battles in the Eastern Theater, including Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
Carlton R. Sickles (1921–2004), American lawyer and congressman from Maryland; Daniel Sickles (1819–1914), American politician and Civil War general; Mark D. Sickles (born 1957), American politician; Nicholas Sickles (1801–1845), U.S. Representative from New York; Noel Sickles (1910–1982), American commercial illustrator and cartoonist
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William H. Sickles (October 27, 1844 – September 26, 1938) was a soldier in the Union Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the American Civil War. William Sickles headstone at the Washington Soldiers Home Cemetery in Orting, WA