Did you know? Union Gen. Daniel Sickles donated his right leg, amputated at the Battle of Gettysburg, to the Army Medical College in Washington, D.C. He reportedly visited the shattered bones annually, on the anniversary of his wounding. ...
On the outbreak of theAmerican Civil WarSickles raised a brigade inNew York. Promoted to the rank of brigadier general, commanded the 2nd Division of the III Corps atAntietam. He also fought atGettysburg, where he lost his leg. In March, 1867, Congress passed the firstReconstruction Act. T...
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