Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles

The Battle of Gettysburg

Major General Daniel Edgar Sickles

Facts about Battle of Gettysburg

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Born in

Born on October 20, 1819 in New York City, New York

-Battle started July 1, 1863 and ended on July 3, 1863 in Gettysburg PA

-An estimated total of 51,000 soldiers died during the battle

-On the last day of battle the Union regained lost ground, and Lee's second invasion of the North failed and resulted in heavy casualties.

Work Experience

-Represented the union army

-During the battle he was a field general

A Few Facts

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A Few Facts about Involvement in Gettysburg

-At a young age, he often ran away from home

-He was sent to boarding school at the age of 15

-When he came back to New York he began to develop a bad lifestyle like hanging around with prostitutes and other bad characters.

-During the battle he abandoned his position and moved his entire corps a mile forward to higher ground.

-He survived the Battle of Gettysburg, but had his leg amputated because he was hit in the knee with a canon ball

-Although he was a field general he wasn't well respected

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Journal Entry

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July 5, 1863

It's only been two days since the last day of the Battle Gettysburg. For me personally, it could have gone better. I guess me having my leg amputated is the price I have to pay for abandoning my assigned position. My days as a field general are over, I bet everyone else that was on the field with me are happy I can't be a field general anymore. Nobody I worked with during this battle respected me at all, and I bet they could care less about me now that I'm gone. I still have one big question and that is, what would have happened if the cannonball had missed me, and I still could be a field general, would the others be happy that I'm ok, or would they question why and how it missed me? Here's an even bigger question, what would of happened if I just stayed in my assigned position? I just want to be able to be a field general again, but that can't happen considering what I did and what happened.

"I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation."

Robert E. Lee