CDV OF MAJOR GENERAL DANIEL SICKLES

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Here he is! You either love him or hate him! I am sure he needs no introduction to students of the Civil War as his record is well known. He was at different times a Statesman, cuckolded husband, murderer, soldier, Medal of Honor winner, adulterer, embezzler, “Yankee King of Spain” and an all-around interesting guy, Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles.

CDV shows Sickles from the waist up wearing a dark slouch hat and dark commercial sack coat with a matching dark vest. One star is visible on his left shoulder and he sports a white handkerchief in his left breast pocket.

Image is somewhat grainy in appearance but has great contrast. There is some light surface dirt on the image and mount.

Reverse has a period pencil inscription at top that reads “GENL. DAN SICKLES.” There is also a photographer’s imprint for E. & H. T. ANTHONY…NEW YORK FROM A BRADY NEGATIVE.

Daniel Edgar Sickles was an American politician, soldier, and diplomat.

As an antebellum New York politician, Sickles was involved in a number of public scandals, most notably the killing of his wife's lover, Philip Barton Key II, son of Francis Scott Key. He was acquitted with the first use of temporary insanity as a legal defense in U.S. history.

Upon the outbreak of the Civil War, Sickles became one of the war's most prominent political generals, recruiting the New York regiments that became known as the Excelsior Brigade in the Army of the Potomac. Despite his lack of military experience, he served competently as a brigade, division, and corps commander in some of the early Eastern campaigns. His military career ended at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, after he insubordinately moved his III Corps to a position where it was virtually destroyed. He left the battle with an amputated leg, struck by cannon fire, and was eventually awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions. He devoted considerable effort to establishing his role in achieving the Gettysburg victory, writing articles and testifying before Congress in a manner that denigrated the intentions and actions of the army commander, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade. After the war, Sickles commanded military districts during Reconstruction, served as U.S. Minister to Spain, and eventually returned to Congress, where he made important legislative contributions for the preservation of the Gettysburg Battlefield.    [ad]

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