Nicholas Longworth Anderson

Nicholas Longworth Anderson
Nicholas Longworth Anderson
Born	April 22, 1838(1838-04-22) Cincinnati, Ohio
Died	September 18, 1892(1892-09-18) (aged 54) Lucerne, Switzerland
Place of burial	Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Allegiance	United States of America
Years of service	1861–65
Rank	Colonel
Commands held	6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Battles/wars	American Civil War Battle of Perryville Battle of Stones River Battle of Chickamauga Atlanta Campaign

Nicholas Longworth Anderson (April 22, 1838 – September 18, 1892) was a United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War as Colonel of the 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Biography

Anderson graduated from Harvard College and traveled in Europe. He returned to Cincinnati and was studying law when the war began. Anderson volunteered as a private in the Union Army, but soon was promoted to colonel. He served in western Virginia and in most of the major campaigns in the Western Theater. Severely wounded twice, he mustered out of the service with the regiment on June 23, 1864.

On December 18, 1867, President Andrew Johnson nominated Anderson for the award of the grade of brevet brigadier general of U.S. volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865 for "gallant conduct and meritorious services in the battle of Stone's River, December 31, 1862" and the U.S. Senate confirmed the award on February 14, 1868.^[1][2] On December 19, 1867, President Johnson nominated Anderson for the award of the grade of brevet major general of U.S. volunteers, also to rank from March 13, 1865, for "distinguished gallantry and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chickamauga, September 19 and 20, 1863" and the U.S. Senate confirmed the award, also on February 14, 1868.^[3][2]

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 in Lucerne, Switzerland at age fifty-four and is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.

Relatives

Nicholas Longworth Anderson, son of Larz Anderson I and Catherine (Longworth) Anderson, was the scion of two distinguished Ohio families. Through his mother, he was the grandson of Nicholas Longworth, founder of the Longworth family.^[4] On his father's side, Nicholas Longworth Anderson was the grandson of Revolutionary War veteran, Richard Clough Anderson and the nephew of three notable uncles:

• Major Robert Anderson of the Battle of Fort Sumter
• Charles Anderson, briefly Governor of Ohio
• William Marshall Anderson

His cousin Allen Latham Anderson attained the rank of Brevet Brigadier General. Another cousin, Thomas McArthur Anderson, was a brigadier general who fought in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine-American War.

Wife and children

Nicholas Longworth Anderson married Elizabeth Coles Kilgour. Their son Larz Anderson III and daughter Elizabeth Kilgour Anderson were born while the couple was residing in Paris.

As a young man, their son had served as Second Secretary to the U.S. Embassy in London under Robert Todd Lincoln and then First Secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, served briefly as a captain in the Army during the Spanish-American War (without seeing combat), served as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, and finally served briefly as Ambassador to Japan in 1912-1913, during the Administration of President William Howard Taft before retiring from public service. In 1897, Larz married Isabel Weld Perkins who later edited and published The letters and journals of General Nicholas Longworth Anderson; Harvard, civil war, Washington, 1854-1892. Larz and Isabel also created the Anderson Memorial Bridge in Cambridge, 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 Senator James McMillan (politician) (R-Michigan). After her husband's death in 1919, Elsie established The Philip Hamilton McMillan Memorial Publication Fund at Yale University through a bequest of $100,000. The Fund continues to operate under the aegis of Yale University Press.

See also

	United States Army portal
	American Civil War portal

Notes

1. ^ Eicher, John H., and David J. Eicher, Civil War High Commands. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8047-3641-3. p. 739
2. ^ ^{a b} Hunt, Roger D. and Jack R. Brown, Brevet Brigadier Generals in Blue. Gaithersburg, MD: Olde Soldier Books, Inc., 1990. ISBN 1-56013-002-4. p. 15
3. ^ Eicher, 2001, p. 710
4. ^ Anderson, William Pope. Anderson Family Records. Cincinnati: Press of W.F. Schaefer, 1936.

References

• The Political Graveyard, "Society of the Cincinnati"
• Anderson Memorial Bridge
• Spring Grove Cemetery

External links

• "Nicholas Longworth Anderson". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5988208. Retrieved 2009-03-08. 

Persondata
Name	Anderson, Nicholas Longworth
Alternative names
Short description	Union Army officer
Date of birth	April 22, 1838
Place of birth	Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of death	September 18, 1892
Place of death	Lucerne, Switzerland