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The Civil War General Who Was The First American To Successfully Use Temporary Insanity Defense

Congressman Daniel Sickles, who later became a Civil War Union General, killed his wife’s lover and then presented a unique defense in court

Andrew Martin
5 min readJul 25, 2022

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Andrew Martin

Dabbler in history, investing & writing. Master’s degree in baseball history. Passionate about history, diversity, culture, sports, investing and crypto.