Letters, [ca. 1882]-1890, New York, to Gen. Joseph B. Carr.

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Letters, [ca. 1882]-1890, New York, to Gen. Joseph B. Carr.

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[1] [ca.1882].--Asks for early copy of Statistics of '82. [2] 1883, April 7.--Thanks Carr for copy of Red Book for 1883. [3] 1890, March 26.--Speaker Haskel was concerned when told that Sickles and associates would resign if their recommendations were ignored.

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Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914

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In 1819, Sickles was born in New York City to Susan Marsh Sickles and George Garrett Sickles, a patent lawyer and politician. (His year of birth is sometimes given as 1825, and Sickles was known to have claimed as such. Historians speculate that Sickles chose to appear younger when he married a woman half his age.) He learned the printer's trade and studied at the University of the City of New York (now New York University). He studied law in the office of Benjamin Butler, was admitted to the ba...

Carr, Joseph Bradford, 1828-1895

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Carr was born in Albany, New York, the son of Irish immigrants, and worked as a tobacconist. While living in Troy, New York, he became interested in military affairs and by 1861 was a colonel in the New York militia. At the start of the war, Carr was instrumental in the recruitment of the 2nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was appointed its colonel on May 14, 1861. Assigned to Fort Monroe, Virginia, the regiment took part in the engagement at Big Bethel. Carr served in the Army of t...