Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-04
Gen ,. E. SickIes
 Died Last Night
HIS WIFE WAS AT HIS BEDSIDE
 AT THE END.
A FIGHTER BY NATURE
Last of the Great Commander, Wh. Fought at eettysbure-Raised Fam ous Excelsior Brigade.

New York, May 3.-General Daniel E: Sickles died at his home shortly after o'clock tonight His wife was at his bedside at the end
 Mrs Sickles who had been estranged from her husband for more than a quarter of a century, went to the Gen. erals house yesterday when she was informed that he was dying and took charge of the arrangements for his care.
 She remained near his side through the nightNand watched by him until his death.
 The final reconciliation was brought aDout largely through the efforts of tnelr son, Stanton it is understood, the general recently having made ad- yances to his wife when assured by stanton that they would be met half way.
 General Daniel Edgar Sickles WAS the last of the great commanders who fought the battle of Gettysburg For uecade he was a fighter by profes- slon-al his life he was a fighter by
 The gruff old warrior. with one lez shot away in battle, his massive head resembling Bismarck's, was a pictur- esque figure as he hobbled along on crutches during the last half century or hls turbulent life
 His indomitable fighting spirit re- malned to the last Born in New York city in 1925 Sickles, at the age of % fought the Wings as a democrat in the New York legislature. At 2S he dis played ms lighting spirit as corpora ton attorney of New York It was he who secured for his city its great central park At this time his mil ltary career began as major of the York Before he was S2 years old Major Sfckles had served as secretary of Ie- eation at London under Minister. James Buchanan: he had won a state senatorship through bitter cam paign ana he was seated in the thir- ty-nfth congress at Washington IL was at this time that an event occurred which became the sensatton Of the day. Sickles had begun his second term as congressman in 1859 when the national capital was stirred ey the news that the young represen-
 tative from New York had shot and Killed Philip Barton Key. the United
 States district attorney for the Dis
 tr7ct of Columbia. Sickles declared
 that Key had misied Mrs. sicl1ies. who was Therese Bigioli. daughter of en
 Italian music teacher. The trial last ed 20 days ending in the aoorfttaI
 of Sickles on the ground of -unwrit-
 len law" He then took his errins wife back
 T am not aware of any statute or code of morals" said Sickles to his critics, which makes ft infamous to forgive a woman lean now sec in | the almost universal denunciation with which she is followed to my threshold, the misery and peril from
 which I have rescued the mother of my Laughter. I shall strive to prove
 to all that an erring wife and mother | may be forgiven and redeemed-- Mrs. Sickles died of a broken heart | a few years later. At the outbreak of the Civil war. the young fighting politician. then ss
 years old, went to Lincoln to offer his services
 You have been a leader fin New
 York democratic politics. said the president "If you kept your end up | at that game surely you'll do to take command of men in the field Raise
 your regiments and you shall be brig | adler general in command" | Sickles raised the famous Excelsior
 brigade in New York. taking com
 mand Of one of it's regiments as col
 onel. Lincoln kept his word and in
 1881 raised him to brigadier general.
 His fighting spirit early won him hts | spurs On the PeninsIfM and at An
 tietam he distinguished himself as a
 soldier and leader. At ChanceIlors- | vile he led a division At GettyEbzIrs.
 he led the Third corps. lost leg. and | became national hero. At T years | of age he had risen from a colonel to | major general of volunteers. Il Alter the war his fighting spirit led | him into the regular army, and he
 became nrst, brigadier and then major general He continued active service
 until 1869. when he was appointed
 minister to Spain by President Grant. | His last days were spent at g Fifth
 relics and attended by his faithful ne | gro servant