Summer 2025, Vol. 3, Issue 2 Featured Articles digital edition PDF Version (spread) PDF Version (single page) The “Historicus” Account of the Battle of GettysburgIn an attempt to manage the narrative of the events at Gettysburg on the afternoon of July 2, an anonymous letter appeared in the March 12, 1864, edition of the New York Herald, exaggerating and misinterpreting Dan Sickles' role in the battle. Sickles Seizes the Initiative, July 5, 1863A staff officer recalls the tale of when Lincoln visited Dan Sickles’s sick bed. Recurring Features Eyewitness AccountsAny study of the Sickles-Meade saga must begin with the account of Brigadier General Henry Jackson Hunt, who served as chief of artillery in the Army of the Potomac. Hunt was uniquely positioned and unbiased to describe the events that would remain contested for the next couple of decades. Eyewitness Accounts 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.
