SICKLES, Daniel Edgar

Affiliation:  Union

Born: October 20 1819, New York NY

Died: May 3 1914, New York NY

Pre-War Profession: Lawyer, and politician, acquitted of the murder of his wife's lover

War Service: 1861 raised the New York Excelsior Brigade, September 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers - not confirmed by Senate, renominated and confirmed as of September 1861, commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Divn/III Corps in the Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, commanded 2nd Divn/III Corps at Antietam, November 1862 promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers, Fredericksburg, commanded III Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (w), performed special missions for President Lincoln, military governor of South Carolina.

Post War: Army service, US minister to Spain, US congressman.