The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-04
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ct4iCs llflflrl Attorney lAf TIE us
uici OF Columbia. sickles declared
that Key had misied Ms. sickies.
wh0 was Theresa Ragioli. daughler
Uf an Italian music teacher. The ri
a lasted 80 days. ending In ihe ac-
guiital u Sickles on the ground c.
~unNriiten law lie then took his
sife back. 4 am not aware OF an.
statute % code Of morals. said Sick
lcs 20 his critics. (which makes u In
famous 10 forgive a woman ! can
Low see In the almost universal de-
nunciation with which she Is follow
Cd 10 my threshold. the misery and
peril from which I have rescued the
mother 81 my daughter. ] shall strive
20 prove 10 all that an erring wife
ana mother may be forgiven and r.
deemed" Mrs. Sickles died a crush
ed woman a few years later.
~ the outbreak OF the civil war.
the young hghting politician. then 80
ears old. went TO Lincoln 10 Offer
his services. You have been a Lead
er IN New York democratic politics.
said the president. II YOU kept your
end up az that game. surely you'll do
10 take command OF men in the he. :.
Raise your regiments and you shall
he hrigadier general IN command.
Sickles raised the famous Excelsi
OF brigade In New York. taking com.
mand OF one Of its regiments as CO.
lonel Lincoln kept his word. ana IN
1861 raised him 10 brigadiergeneral
His fighting spirit early won him his
Spurs. On the Peninsula and az Al.
letam he distinguished himself rs
rDluier and leader. At Chancello-s-
vile he led a division At Get'ys.
burg he led the Sd corps. lost a leg
and became a national hero. A. 81
years OF age, he had risen from a
colonel TO major-general OF volun-
teers.
After the war his fighting spirit
led him into the regular army. and 40
lecame first hrigadier and then ma
j0r.general. lie continued ac.yo
service until 1869. when he was an-
poiniCd minister to Spain by Prcsl.
dent Grant. At the court OF Spain.
slckles' vigorous personality made
him a domlnant figure. Four yeas
Of diplomacy nsough. him the epi.
ilet OF The Yankee king OF Spain
There he contracted his second mar.
rage with ire beautiful and disiin-
guished SeHorita Creagh. This TO-
nTnce was followed by estrangencDt
winch was 80 last more than a GUAR.
ter century.
Returning alone TO New York. Gen.
S,ckles again entered politics lie
served as sheriff OF New York. and at
81 he was reelected to Congress.
Gen Sickles faced bankruptcy pro.
ceedings in his last years. though he
had early In life received la -ge
share OF his fathers $4,000. 900 estate
but his estranged wife and son came
TO his aid on several occasions. His
last days we're spent at % Fifth
avenue, New York, surrounded by
wal ItllCh anu dt-tuueu ny MS 49,
70 servant. There Mrs. Sickles went
to him in his final illness and was at
his bedside at the end. The general
was so irresponsible and cantanker.
Gus during the later years of his life
that the charitable explanation must
be an unbalanced mind.
Mrs. Sickles who had been estang
ed from her husband for moro than
25 years. went to the generals house
Saturday. when she was informed he
was dying. and took charge of the ar
rangements for his care. She remain
ed near his side through the night
and watched by him until his death