Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914

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Dates:
Birth 1819
Death 1895
Birth 1825
Death 1914
Birth 1819-10-20
Death 1914-05-03
Gender:
Male
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Major general in the Union Army during the Civil War; Served in United States House of Representatives from New York, 1857-1861 and 1893-1895; chairman of New York Monuments Commission, 1886-1912.

From the description of Letters, 1856-1911. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 85357494

U.S. Army officer, U.S. representative from New York, and diplomat.

From the description of Daniel Edgar Sickles papers, 1821-1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448847

Charlotte Augusta Southwick Waddell (d. 1891) was a society figure in New York City. Her husband, Coventry Waddell, was a wealthy financier who held various political positions during the Jackson administration. In the 1857 financial panic they lost their money and Mrs. Waddell supported herself by giving readings and private lectures at her home.

From the guide to the Charlotte Augusta Southwick Waddell papers, 1860-1890, 1880s, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

Epithet: Major-General; USA Minister to Spain

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x0001a8

Daniel Edgar Sickles (1819-1914) was an American Civil War general and New York politician. He represented New York in the U.S. Congress from 1857 to 1861, fought in the Civil War in the Peninsular Campaign, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. After the war, he was in charge of the military district of the Carolinas and later became American minister to Spain, 1869-1873. He served again in the Congress from 1893 to 1895.

From the guide to the Daniel Edgar Sickles papers, 1841-1914, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.)

United States congressman, Union general, and diplomat; resident of New York City.

From the description of Correspondence, 1851-1913. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 58779696

Army officer, U.S. Representative from New York, and diplomat.

From the description of Papers, 1856-1912. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20159060

Biographical Note

1819, Oct. 20 Born, New York, N.Y. 1852 Married Teresa Bagioli (died 1867) 1843 Member New York assembly 1846 Admitted to the bar 1853 Became corporation counsel, New York, N.Y. 1853 1855 Secretary under James Buchanan, United States legation, London, England 1856 1857 Member, New York senate 1857 1861 Democratic representative in Congress 1859 Shot and killed Philip Barton Key, district attorney of the District of Columbia, over domestic affair 1861 1867 Served in United States Army during and after the Civil War as colonel Seventeenth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry and brigadier general and major general of volunteers; wounded and had leg amputated at Battle of Gettysburg 1871 Married Carmina Creagh 1869 1874 Minister to Spain 1886 1888 Chairman, New York Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and Chattanooga 1888 1889 Chairman, New York State Civil Service Commission 1890 Sheriff, New York, N.Y. 1893 1895 Democratic representative in Congress 1914, May 3 Died, New York., N.Y.

From the guide to the Daniel Edgar Sickles Papers, 1821-1918, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

American general and diplomat.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : New York, to Michael Scanlan, 1869 May 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663527

American general and diplomatist.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : House of Representatives, Washington, to A.D. Farnsworth, 1859 Dec. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662680

From the description of Autograph letter signed : to D.W. Wetmore, 1851 Mar. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270663878

Daniel Sickles (1825-1914) was a lawyer and Congressman from New York. He served in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War, rising to the rank of major general. During Reconstruction he was appointed military governor of the Carolinas, and he was later sent as ambassador to Spain.

From the description of Daniel E. Sickles Correspondence, 1859-1893 1859-1874. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387827

Daniel Edgar Sickles (1825-1914) was an American Civil War general and New York politician.

He represented New York in the U.S. Congress from 1857 to 1861, fought in the Civil War in the Peninsular Campaign, Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. After the war, he was in charge of the military district of the Carolinas and later became American minister to Spain, 1869-1873. He served again in the Congress from 1893 to 1895.

From the description of Daniel Edgar Sickles papers, 1841-1914. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122378771

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  • Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863
  • Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Democratic Party
  • Foreign relations
  • Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862
  • Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
  • Medal of Honor
  • Peninsula Campaign, 1862
  • Seven Days' Battles, Va., 1862
  • Tammany Hall
  • United States. Congress. House
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