Mr. Sickles Goes to Washington
Eyewitness Accounts Jeffrey Biggs Eyewitness Accounts Jeffrey Biggs

Mr. Sickles Goes to Washington

In February 1864, the Joint Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War called upon Dan Sickles who was eager to cooperate. During his testimony, the one-legged general presented his biased account of the events of July 2, 1863.

from Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, 1865.

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