Dan Sickles
Dan Sickles may refer to: * Daniel Sickles (1819–1914) , American politician, soldier, and diplomat * Dan Sickles (director) Dan Sickles is an American documentary film director, writer, actor and producer. He is best known for his documentaries, '' Mala Mala'' and '' Dina''. In 2015, he was named in ''Out'' magazine's OUT100. Life and career Sickles was born in Fort ...

Daniel Sickles
Daniel Edgar Sickles (October 20, 1819May 3, 1914) was an American politician, soldier, and diplomat. Born to a wealthy family in New York City, Sickles was involved in a number of scandals, most notably the 1859 homicide of his wife's lover, U.S. Attorney Philip Barton Key II, whom Sickles gunned down in broad daylight in Lafayette Square, across the street from the White House. He was acquitted after using temporary insanity as a legal defense for the first time in United States history. Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, Sickles became one of the war's most prominent political generals, recruiting the New York regiments that became known as the Excelsior Brigade in the Army of the Potomac. Despite his lack of military experience, he served as a brigade, division, and corps commander in some of the early Eastern campaigns. His military career ended at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, after he moved his III Corps without orders to an untenable position ...
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