Daniel Sickles
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Daniel Edgar Sickles was an American politician, soldier, and diplomat.
Sickles fatally shoots Key in 1859.
The trial of Sickles. Engraving from Harper's Magazine
Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, c. 1859–1870. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public Library
Teresa Bagioli Sickles
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Teresa Bagioli Sickles was the wife of Democratic New York State Assemblyman, U.S. Representative, and later U.S. Army Major General Daniel E. Sickles. She gained notoriety in 1859, when her husband murdered her lover, Philip Barton Key II, son of Francis Scott Key. At his trial, Sickles claimed for the first time in United States jurisprudence a defense by temporary insanity. He was acquitted.
A typical ball or fete of the period – Napier Ball
Philip Barton Key
Frank Leslie's Illustrated engraving of 15th Street assignation house