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SICKLES, DANIEL EDGAR (1825–1914), American soldier and diplomatist (see 25.36), died in New York City, May 3 1914. In 1912 after having served for more than a quarter of a century as chairman of the New York Monuments Commission he was removed following the discovery of a shortage of $27,000. His last years were disturbed by financial difficulties.