Dan Sickles, a colorful and impulsive general, defied description with his scandalous life, marked by graft, politics, and a passionate side for the ladies. He shot and killed his wife's lover, Philip Barton Key, and was acquitted due to temporary insanity. Despite his questionable actions, Sickles became a hero during the Civil War, raising a brigade and fighting at Gettysburg, where he was wounded and lost a leg. He later preserved the battlefield and had a monument built in his honor.
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