Letters, 1856-1911.

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Letters, 1856-1911.

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Group of letters related to Sickles long and varied career in the military and government. Includes a letter of May 23, 1861 regarding the need for the federal government to provide subsistence for the Excelsior Brigade; an undated letter to John N. Coyne detailing the Battle of Fredericksburg; letter of August 28, 1891 in regards to the dedication of the Rensselaer County Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Troy, New York.

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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...