lieutenant colonel, he served in the 5th U.S. Infantry. Sykes was promoted to colonel on January 12, 1868 and received command of the 20th U.S. Infantry. He commanded at a number of duty stations from Minnesota to Texas until he died while on duty in Texas at Fort Brown on February 8, 1880, at age 57. He was interred in West Point Cemetery, West Point, New York. His grandson, Macrae Sykes, was a financier and a former chairman of the American Stock Exchange. See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) Notes References Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher. Civil War High Commands. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2001. . Reese, Timothy J., Sykes' Regular Infantry Division, 1861–1864 a History of Regular United States Infantry Operations in the Civil War's Eastern Theater. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 1990. . Tagg, Larry. The Generals of Gettysburg. Campbell, California: Savas Publishing, 1998. . Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964. . External links Civil War Biographies: George Sykes Sykes' Regulars George Sykes, Cullum's Register, 1149 1822 births 1880 deaths People from Dover, Delaware American military personnel of the Mexican–American War Members of the Aztec Club of 1847 Union Army generals United States Military Academy alumni People of Delaware in the American Civil War Burials at West Point Cemetery