Ulysses S. Grant characterized Sedgwick as one who "was never at fault when serious work was to be done" and he told his staff that the loss for him was worse than that of an entire division.
Ulysses S. Grant beskrev Sedgwick som en som "som aldrig var skyld i større ulykker" og han sagde til sin stab, at tabet af ham var værre end tabet af en hel division.