I Follow the Course, Come What May:Major General Daniel E. Sickles, USA

About the Book

In I FOLLOW THE COURSE, COME WHAT MAY, author Jeanne W. Knoop tells how the contradictions of the man named Daniel Edgar Sickles struck fire against each other, illuminating both his life and times. Charismatic, compromising, dashing, Daniel E. Sickles became a dedicated and beloved general in the United States Army in the 1860s, a hero at the Battle of Gettysburg, and perhaps a key figure in the Union victory there. Little known today, his life story is brought forward here from undeserved obscurity, as Sickle’s life intersected with many famous personages of his time, such as Presidents, Buchannan, Lincoln, Grant, and Johnson, the Queen of Spain, Isabella 11, Hamilton Fish, Jay Gould, and Horace Greeley, of New York politics, business, and journalism, in that order of names. Dan Sickles lived six full lifetimes in his many careers and relationships. A fasinating man of his time.

About the Author

Jeanne W. Knoop is an independent scholar whose great grandfather was a four year veteran of the American Civil War, having served with the Fifty-ninth Illinois Infantry Regiment. She has a keen interest in her subject and his times. Articles by her have appeared in the scholarly journal, Civil War News. I FOLLOW THE COURSE, COME WHAT MAY was the author’s first book. Her second book of historical fiction, A TREASURY OF AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SHORT STORIES has recently been published. Recently finished is a third work titled, THERE WERE LOTS OF TEARS; The Tragic Personal and Family Lives of Generals of the North and South During The American Civil War.