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Tag Archives: Daniel Sickles
Tardy Daniel Sickles and the First Slow Steps Toward Controversy
When people think of Dan Sickles at Gettysburg, the first thing that comes to mind is his ill-fated move toward the Peach Orchard on July 2. Ordered to hold a position that extended the Union line south from Cemetery Hill … Continue reading
Posted in Campaigns, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Abner Doubleday, Army of the Potomac, Dan Sickles, Daniel Sickles, George Gordon Meade, George Meade, Gettysburg Campaign, Henry Slocum, Historicus, John Reynolds, Meade-Sickles Controversy, Oliver Otis Howard, peach orchard, Pipe Creek
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Question of the Week: 6/13-6/19/2022
After being wounded at the battle of Gettysburg on July 2, 1863, Dan Sickles never returned to corps command, although he tried. On October 16, he presented himself to Meade and asked to be restored to command of the III … Continue reading
Symposium Spotlight: What If… The Army Medical Museum and Medical Professionalism
With less than three months remaining until our symposium, several of our authors will further explore topics relating to their ‘What If’ theme. Today, Jon Tracey further explores Civil War medicine at the Army Medical Museum… Civil War medicine brings … Continue reading
Don’t Take My Photograph! Incidents at the Dedication of the 44th New York Monument at Gettysburg
As promised at the end of an article last week, here’s the piece from July 3, 1893, about incidents surrounding the dedication of the 44th New York Monument on Little Round Top at Gettysburg, including General Daniel Sickle’s opinions on … Continue reading
Dan Sickles and the Temporary Insanity Defense
The Civil War spawned a number of so-called “political generals” for both the Union and the Confederacy. In most cases, these were well-connected men that had little or no military experience but had the means to help raise and equip … Continue reading
Posted in Emerging Civil War, Leadership--Federal, Personalities, Politics
Tagged Daniel Sickles, Gettysburg, Legal case, murder, Temporary insanity
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“They Taught Us How to Die Like Soldiers”: The U.S. Regulars at Gettysburg
The fighting that occurred 153 years ago on the south end of the Gettysburg battlefield is some of the best known in American military history. Names of key participants and individuals have been seared into the public conscience. Some gain … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Books & Authors, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Common Soldier, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Personalities
Tagged Battery L 1st Ohio Light Artillery, Daniel Sickles, Frank Gibbs, George Sykes, Hannibal Day, Henry Benning, Houcks Ridge, John Caldwell, Joseph Kershaw, Little Round Top, Paul Semmes, Plum Run Valley, Romeyn Ayres, Sidney Burbank, Sykes' Regular Division, The Wheatfield, William Wofford
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Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path: The Wounding Site of Daniel Sickles
Part of a series. Major General Daniel Sickles was the wild card in the Army of the Potomac, and a survivor. Sickles was a prewar lawyer and politician who was tried, and acquitted for, the murder of Philip Barton Key … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Leadership--Federal
Tagged Alexander Webb, Battle of Gettysburg, Daniel Butterfield, Daniel Shaeffer Farm, Daniel Sickles, David Birney, Edwin Morgan, Emmitsburg Road, Gettysburg, Gettysburg Off the Beaten Path, Henry Hunt, James Hessler, James Kelly, Joe Hooker, Marsena Patrick, Mary Chesnut, The Peach Orchard, Thomas Sim, Trostle Farm, Winfield Scott Hancock
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The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac (part three)
Part three of a series. Camp Health and Winter Huts Camp health and cleanliness was also a major concern. Most of the enlisted men spent their winters in small huts, reminiscent of those used by Washington’s Army at Valley Forge. … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Leadership--Federal
Tagged 127th Pennsylvania, 140th Pennsylvania, 2nd Michigan Infantry, 8th Ohio, Alonzo Snow, Ambrose Burnside, Chatham, Daniel Sickles, David Birney, Dr. Jonathan Letterman, George B. McClellan, Iron Brigade, Joseph Hooker, Marsena Patrick, Stafford County, The Rebirth of the Army of the Potomac, Winter Encampment
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Civil War Witch Hunt: George Gordon Meade, The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War
Part two in a series In the first installment of this series, we reviewed the findings of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War with respect to the conduct of the pursuit of the defeated Army of Northern … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, Campaigns, Cavalry, Civil War Events, Leadership--Confederate, Leadership--Federal, Memory, Personalities, Politics
Tagged A.P. Hill, Andrew Humphreys. Alfred Pleasonton, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of the Potomac, Battle of Boonsboro, Benjamin Wade, Daniel Butterfield, Daniel Sickles, David Birney, David Gregg, Falling Waters, George Meade, George Sykes, Gettysburg Campaign, Henry Heth, Henry Slocum, I Corps, II Corps, III Corps, J. Johnston Pettigrew, John Buford, John Newton, John Reynolds, John Sedgwick, Joseph Hooker, Judson Kilpatrick, Oliver Howard, Pickett's Charge, V Corps, VI Corps, William French, Winfield S. Hancock, XI Corps, XII Corps
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