Full Name: Daniel Edgar Sickles

Born: October 20, 1819

Place of Birth: New York, New York

North or South: North

Other Professions: He was a patent lawyer and a politician.

War Service Highlights: General Sickles fought at Sharpsburg in Joseph Hooker's Division of III Corps. He also commanded a Division at Fredericksburg.

Nickname: None

Died: May 3, 1914

Place of Death: New York, New York

Interesting Facts: In a battle he got hit by a cannonball in the leg. They amputated his leg and put it in a museum. Every year on the anniversary, he went and visited his leg at the museum. Sickles was also the only General who fought at Gettysburg that was later captured on motion picture film. He was also the first person to use the insanity defense to escape a murder conviction.