Daniel E. Sickles

That the ritual represents the myth of Osiris, the sun god of Egypt, is admitted by Masonic authorities.

Freemason Daniel Sickles in, uh, Freemason Guide writes, "Osiris and the Tyrian architect Hiram Abiff are one and the same." Thus, Freemasonry's equation of Hiram Abiff with the Egyptian god Osiris makes the pagan ancestry of Freemasonry clear, for Osiris is simply another manifestation of the Babylonian father gods, father of gods [?] Nimrod.

Masonic legend of Hiram Abiff is constructed around the builder of Solomon's Temple, Hiram of Tyre, the widow's son.

The Masonic version of this, uh, legend, Hiram Abiff held in confidence the secret of the Master Mason called the Master's Word or the lost name of God.

We were talking about these cases, the voting, vote dilution cases, what the term art became to be used for them.

And I remember he was the first guy that said, "This is the last linchpin of White supremacy, isn't it?" Now, that's, that's stuck in my mind.

That was probably, oh, I don't know, what, 1980 maybe I was having that conversation with him.

So that stuck, that conversation has stuck in my mind ever since then, and that's what it was.

So that was the environment that was leading up to the eighteen seventy-six, uh, presidential election.

And it was back in those days, and I kinda miss these as a trial lawyer, instead of having all the stuff on TV with little soundbites and ads, you know, people would go out and talk to large gatherings, and they would hold forth.

And I mean, there was a guy, um, hmm, slipping my mind now.

Ingersoll was his name.

So 1852, there's a movement to a foot, uh, to take Cuba, um, uh, Buchanan is a part of this from his, from his outpost in great Britain.

And his secretary is a man named Daniel Sickles, who has a very checkered life, not even just past, uh, really crazy life.

We're not going to get into right now, but he is also part of these like running point, uh, on these, uh, uh, behind the scenes, uh, say, uh, machinations.

Right.

The coordinated attacks and restructuring of military lines would continue throughout the afternoon, as each side attempted to outsmart the other and bolster their positions across Gettysburg and the surrounding areas.

General Longstreet's left division, under Major General Lafayette McLaws, proceeded to advance into the area, where they came into direct conflict with Major General Daniel Sickles' III Corps.

Sickles had previously disobeyed a direct order to send his men elsewhere and decided to travel west, believing that his men had a better vantage point and defensive cover at the Peach Orchard, which was positioned northeast along the Emmitsburg Road.

However, Brigadier General Andrew A. Humphreys and Major General David B. Burney's divisions came under swift attack by the Confederates at approximately 3 p.m. Meade had no choice but to send 20,000 reinforcements, which consisted of the entire 5th Corps, Brigadier General John C. Cowell's division of the 2nd Corps, most of the 12th Corps, and sections of the 6th Corps.

McClure's artillery launched a series of attacks on the 3rd Corps in the Peach Orchard, where Sickles would lose his leg after being struck by a cannonball.

Filled with a new sense of confidence, they proceeded towards Plum Run Valley, also known as the Valley of Death.

But they were pushed back by the Pennsylvania Reserves Division of the 5th Corps, who had quietly made their way down from Little Round Top.

Obviously,

Dan Sickles is now George Custer, so I'm sticking with the Hessler train.

I'm going down that road.

I will say that we've done enough podcasting and videos together, Chris, to know that if you're not a big fan of somebody, people know it.

He has a real problem with George Gordon Meade because of Fredericksburg, and I think that's why it might be a head-scratcher for Chris and I thinking about him in that context.

But I think that He proves himself time and again.

He throws himself into some really tough spots, even when Sickles is routed at Gettysburg.

Bernie's kind of the guy who's having to kind of help keep things together, even though he says he wishes he was dead.

That's a big thing for me.

And, uh, oof, 30 years ago, I guess, I read a, uh, biography on a certain Daniel Edgar Sickles.

Does that name ring any bells, Cyrus? Probably doesn't.

Nothing.

I would be taking people on a tour to go see that.

I would pull a Dan Sickles where you're like, you guys want to see something cool about my life? You know what I mean? I would be bragging about this nonstop.

Poor Maynard.

Both sides' estimated losses was about 10 to 12 people, which is insignificant until you realize probably all of them had a crucial part in getting the ships around.