Nicholas Longworth Anderson | |
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 Nicholas Longworth Anderson | |
| Born | (1838-04-22)April 22, 1838 |
| Died | September 18, 1892(1892-09-18) (aged 54) |
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| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch | United States Army Union Army |
| Service years | 1861–1865 |
| Rank |  Colonel BrevetMajor General |
| Commands | 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
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Nicholas Longworth Anderson (April 22, 1838 – September 18, 1892) was aUnited States Armyofficer who served in theAmerican Civil War asColonel of the6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After the Civil War, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment to thebrevet grades ofbrigadier general andmajor general of volunteers.
Anderson graduated fromHarvard College in 1858 and traveled inEurope, spending about two years in study at the German universities.[1] He returned toCincinnati and was studying law when the war began.
Anderson volunteered as aprivate in theUnion Army, but soon was promoted to 1st lieutenant in the6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on May 12, 1861, and to lieutenant colonel on June 21 of the same year.
He was promoted to colonel in command of the regiment on November 9, 1862. He served inwestern Virginia and in most of the major campaigns in theWestern Theater. Severely wounded twice, he mustered out of the service with the regiment on June 23, 1864.
On December 18, 1867,PresidentAndrew Johnson nominated Anderson to receive a brevet (honorary promotion) to the rank ofbrigadier general of Volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865, for "gallant conduct and meritorious services in thebattle of Stone's River, December 31, 1862" and the U.S. Senate confirmed the brevet on February 14, 1868.[2][3] On December 19, 1867, President Johnson nominated Anderson for the award of the grade of brevetmajor general of U.S. volunteers, also to rank from March 13, 1865, for "distinguished gallantry and meritorious conduct in thebattle of Chickamauga, September 19 and 20, 1863" and the U.S. Senate confirmed this brevet, also on February 14, 1868.[3][4]
General Anderson was a veteran companion of theMilitary Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS). His son,Larz Anderson III, became an hereditary member of MOLLUS. Both father and son were also members of theSons of the Revolution.
In 1890 he was elected to membership in the MarylandSociety of the Cincinnati by right of being the grandson of Lieutenant Colonel Richard Clough Anderson, a Virginia native who served in the American Revolution. His "seat" in the society was "inherited" by his son Larz, who was elected to membership in the Maryland Society in 1894. By tradition, members of the Society of the Cincinnati join the society of the state from which their ancestor served. Although Richard Clough Anderson served from Virginia, Nicholas Longworth Anderson joined the Maryland Society because the Virginia society was inactive at that time.
Following the death of his father, Anderson spent much of the remainder of his days managing the estate he had inherited from his mother. Anderson died inLucerne, Switzerland at age fifty-four on September 18, 1892, and is buried inSpring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.[5]
Nicholas Longworth Anderson, son of Larz Anderson I and Catherine (Longworth) Anderson, was the scion of two distinguishedOhio families. Through his mother, he was the grandson ofNicholas Longworth, founder of theLongworth family.[6] On his father's side, Nicholas Longworth Anderson was the grandson of Revolutionary War veteran,Richard Clough Anderson Sr. and the nephew of three notable uncles:
His cousinAllen Latham Anderson attained the rank of Brevet Brigadier General. Another cousin,Thomas McArthur Anderson, was a brigadier general who fought in theSpanish–American War and thePhilippine–American War.
Nicholas Longworth Anderson married Elizabeth Coles Kilgour. Their sonLarz Anderson III and daughter Elizabeth Kilgour Anderson were born while the couple was residing inParis.
Larz served as Second Secretary to the U.S. Embassy in London underRobert Todd Lincoln and then First Secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Rome. He briefly served as a captain in the Volunteer Army during the Spanish–American War. He was appointed as U.S. Minister to Belgium from 1911–1912, and finally served briefly as Ambassador toJapan from 1912 to 1913 before retiring from public service. In 1897, Larz marriedIsabel Weld Perkins who later edited and publishedThe Letters and Journals of General Nicholas Longworth Anderson: Harvard, Civil War, Washington, 1854–1892. Larz and Isabel also created theAnderson Memorial Bridge inCambridge, Massachusetts, and dedicated it to his memory.
In 1899, Elizabeth, known to friends and family as "Elsie," married Philip Hamilton McMillan of Detroit, a Yale and Harvard educated attorney who was the son of SenatorJames McMillan of Michigan. After her husband's death in 1919, Elsie established The Philip Hamilton McMillan Memorial Publication Fund atYale University through a bequest of $100,000. The Fund continues to operate under the aegis ofYale University Press.
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