Postbellum Career and Death
After the war, Thaddeus P. Mott was recruiting former Union and Confederate soldiers for service in the Egyptian Army. Sibley was one of the first people arrived in 1870 in Egypt and served some time as a military adviser (with the rank of brigadier general of artillery) to the Isma'il Pasha, Khedive of Egypt. Sibley would oversee the construction of coastal fortifications. However, he fell back negative for alcohol problems, so he was dismissed in 1873 because of illness and disability.
Back in the U.S. Sibley lived from 1874 to his daughter in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He wrote articles and worked on military inventions. By the way he fought a legal battle with the U.S. government to outstanding payments on its patents.
He died in poverty. He is buried in the Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery.
Read more about this topic: Henry Hopkins Sibley
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