Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  General Daniel E. Sickles

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                                  SICKLES
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   SICKLES, GEN. DANIEL E., born in New York October 20, 1823. Graduated
   at New York University. Studied law and admitted to bar in 1844.
   Member of State Legislature 1847. Attorney of New York in 1853, and
   same year secretary of legation in London. In State Senate 1855.
   Elected to Congress 1857 and 1859. Entered Union services 1861, as
   commander of Excelsior brigade, and distinguished himself on the
   Peninsula, at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and
   Gettysburg, where he lost a leg. In 1865 Commissioner of South
   American Republics. In 1866 appointed colonel of 42d Regular Infantry.
   After Gettysburg, made major-general of volunteers. 1865-67 commanded
   2d Military District, with headquarters at Columbia, S.C. May, 1869,
   placed on retired list of army. In June, 1869, appointed minister to
   Spain. Resigned in 1873. Appointed sheriff of Kings county 1890.
   Resumed practice of law in New York City.