All This Is Monument Enough - Dan Sickles and Gettysburg
2024 GNMP Lecture Series
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1h 30m
Daniel E. Sickles - General, Politician, Defendant, Ambassador, War Hero, and Commissioner of the NYMC. This program will explore the life of Dan Sickles in the post-war years, his struggle to maintain his reputation as the hero of Gettysburg, and his efforts to create and memorialize a battlefield.
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