(CIVIL WAR) Commission of Daniel E Sickles as Colonel of the

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(CIVIL WAR.) Commission of Daniel E. Sickles as Colonel of the 70th New York Infantry. Partly-printed Document Signed by Edward D. Morgan as Governor of New York and Thomas Hillhouse as Adjutant General. One page, 14 x 16 3/4 inches; closed separations at folds, tissue repairs on verso, very minor dampstaining along one fold; two engraved illustrations and embossed paper seal. New York, 16 January 1862

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Sickles was one of the more colorful characters in the Union Army. A two-term U.S. Congressman, in 1859 he was acquitted of murdering his wife's lover, using the insanity defense. This commission is backdated to confirm the initial appointment of Sickles as colonel of the regiment he had recruited, with rank from 29 June 1861. He later reached the rank of Major General before losing a leg at Gettysburg.