Sickles shot him one final time with his remaining pistol. Homicide of P. Barton Key by Hon. Daniel E. Sickles, at Washington, on Sunday, Feb. 27, 1859. Illustration in Harper's Weekly, March 12, 1859 ...

For more on the life of Daniel Sickles see: Thomas Keneally, *American Scoundrel: The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles. New York: Doubleday, 2002.

In 1859, Rep. Daniel Edgar Sickles claimed he was “temporarily insane” after he discovered his wife was having an affair with Francis Scott Key's son and fatally shot him.

Dan Sickles wasn’t through after the debacle on the battlefield, years later somehow, he received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at Gettysburg, nice to have friends.

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AMERICAN SCOUNDREL The Life of the Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles By Thomas Keneally Doubleday 360 pages, $27.50 The Civil War is the greatest story of American history, judging from the ...

On this day in 1819, Rep. Daniel Sickles who became the first person in the United States to be acquitted of a murder charge on the grounds of temporary insanity, was born in New York City.

High-priced, publicity-craving defense lawyers. Intimidated prosecutors. An indecisive judge. New media technology to amplify the case and transfer it from the justice system to the court of public… ...