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End Comes Peacefully for Civil War General Sickels in New York
Gen Daniel E Sickels, last brigadier commander to survive the Civil War, died at his Fifth Avenue home in New York at age 44? No, 1825 birth year noted. he suffered hemorrhages recently and was partly paralyzed. He served in New York politics, raised the Exelsior Brigade, led at Gettysburg where he lost a leg, and later became minister to Spain. He may be buried with military honors in Arlington.
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