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Photographer: Library of Congress
Caption:
Sickles Headquarters | Additional Description:
Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, controversial commander of the Union Third Corps, established his headquarters beside the Trostle barn here. As Sickles' line began to collapse on the afternoon of July 2, a Confederate cannonball struck the general's right leg. A stretcher-bearer slowed the bleeding with a saddle-strap tourniquet. Army surgeons amputated the leg that night.
Although many believe Sickles nearly lost Gettysburg for the Union, he helped to save it in 1895 by introducing legislation establishing Gettysburg National Military Park.
Brady's National Photographic Portrait GalleriesSubmitted: January 6, 2021, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p561640
File Size: 1.586 Megabytes
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