Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914

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