Daniel Edgar Sickles portrait   Save
AV 200 Campus Martius Museum antique photography
Description: Carte de visite of General Daniel Edgar Sickles, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Sickles, originally from New York City, fought at Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. He is well known for his controversial movement at Gettysburg of his III Corps to take the Peach Orchard, stretching his line thin. This allowed his corps to be smashed by Longstreet, and render it useless for the rest of the battle. Some call this a dangerous move that almost cost the battle, but others credit him with blunting the Confederate offense. During the Confederate attack, Sickles' leg was shattered by a cannon ball; he donated his leg to a medical museum, and visited it often for years afterward. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV200_b03_f33_14
Subjects: Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; Sickles, Daniel Edgar, 1819-1914
Places: Ohio; New York City (New York)