During the Battle of Antietam, as lieutenant colonel of his regiment, he was wounded again in the right leg as his regiment was decimated along with the rest of Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick's division during an ambush.
In the 1990 film Dances with Wolves, Lt. John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) stays at a fictional Fort Sedgwick, presumably named after General Sedgwick.
After the battle, Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick extended his compliments to the 37th for holding their ground.
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The most famous piece in the Society's collection is the painting, "The Death of General Sedgwick" by Julian Scott.