Daniel Sickles
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Daniel Edgar Sickles was an American politician, Civil War veteran, and diplomat. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives both before and after the war.
Major General Sickles c. 1862
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
Philip Barton Key II
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Philip Barton Key II was an American lawyer who served as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. He is most famous for his public affair with Teresa Bagioli Sickles, and his eventual murder at th
Daniel Sickles
…both before and after the war. Sickles was involved in a number of scandals, most notably the 1859 homicide of his wife's lover, U.S. Attorney Philip Barton Key II. He was acquitted after using temporary insanity as a legal defense, the first time it was successfully used in United States history. In 1819, Sickles…
Harper's Weekly engraving of Philip Barton Key from a photograph by Mathew Brady
Harper's Weekly engraving of Mrs. Sickles from a photograph of Mathew Brady