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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor, post: 1295287, member: 5454&quot;]The one thing that always disturbs me about this battle is the Sickles controversy.</p><p>Gen. Sickles moved his men forward without orders from Meade and broke the Union line.</p><p>He was the only one of Meade&#039;s corps commanders who wasn&#039;t a professional soldier. His background was a New York politician</p><p>Also earlier, Sickles shot and killed Philip Barton Key son of Francis Scott Key for allegedly flirting with Sickles wife.&nbsp; He was acquitted of murder with Stanton as his defense lawyer.&nbsp; Stanton later became Sec. of War.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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