# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Dan Sickles at Gettysburg: The Story of the Civil War’s Most Notorious Amputated Leg
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Jul, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 18 Jul, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us for our Saturday Speaker Series with Historian James Hessler and take a fascinating look at myth, lore, and facts surrounding Maj. Gen. Dan Sickles’ Gettysburg wounding and leg amputation. A Confederate solid shot at the Battle of Gettysburg shattered controversial Union General Dan Sickles’ right leg, and surgeons subsequently amputated the limb. Sickles’ leg bone was then donated to the fledgling Army Medical Museum, and he often visited his severed limb there. Sickles’ leg bone remains a popular museum relic more than 160 years later, and a replica is now on display at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. Hessler will discuss the odyssey of Sickles’ amputated leg and how he used it to declare himself “the hero of Gettysburg.”

James Hessler is a historian, author, and Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park. He is the author or co-author of four books on the Gettysburg Campaign: “Sickles at Gettysburg” (2009), “Pickett’s Charge at Gettysburg” (2015), “Gettysburg’s Peach Orchard” (2019), and his most recent release, “The First Day at Gettysburg” (2025). Beyond his publications, Hessler co-created and hosts the popular Battle of Gettysburg Podcast, reaching a global audience of history enthusiasts.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/frederick/dan-sickles-at-gettysburg-the-story-of-the-civil-war’s-most-notorious-amputated-leg/200029515949441
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 125

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Frederick
- **state**: MD
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 48 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD, United States, Maryland 21701
- **lat**: 39.41389
- **long**: -77.40943
- **full address**: 48 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD, United States, Maryland 21701

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Dan Sickles at Gettysburg: The Story of the Civil War’s Most Notorious Amputated Leg being held?
  - **A:** Dan Sickles at Gettysburg: The Story of the Civil War’s Most Notorious Amputated Leg takes place on Sat, 18 Jul, 2026 at 02:00 pm to Sat, 18 Jul, 2026 at 03:00 pm at 48 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD, United States, Maryland 21701.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Dan Sickles at Gettysburg: The Story of the Civil War’s Most Notorious Amputated Leg?
  - **A:** Dan Sickles at Gettysburg: The Story of the Civil War’s Most Notorious Amputated Leg is organized by National Museum of Civil War Medicine.

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