From Nichols family on Genweb.
Was in Co. I, 16th Michigan in the Army of the Potomac which was heavily engaged during Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign. At one time Nichols was on the front lines for seven straight days and his uniform was riddle with bullet holes, but he only received a shoulder wound which required hospitalization in Washington, D.C..
He participated in the Grand Review in D.C., at the war's conclusion.
In later years he organized the GAR post in Leroy, Osceola County, Michigan and was very involved in its activities, participating in many Memorial Days.
--Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Civil War Veteran Died Just Short of Memorial Day 1941-- Part 2
Charles Nichols was married twice. The first time was March 22, 1868, to 22-year-old Sarah E. White who died in 1874. He married again to 16-year-old Harriett Ann Allen on Sept. 26, 1875. She died in 1938.
Nichols' Union service was as a replacement for Charles A. Nobles who hired him to take his place.
From the May 26, 1941, Chronicle.
Charles Nichols died May 25, 1941 at age 95. He was the last surviving member of the Luther Post of the GAR. and became ill May 17th.
Muskegon now has only one remaining Civil War veteran, Howard Bond, 97, at 1366 Sanford Street. Nichols lived at his son Clayton's home at 710 Catawba Avenue. He had been born at Rutland, Vermont, on December 27, 1845 and and came to Michigan as a child.
On Feb. 15, 1864, at age 19, he enlisted at grand Rapids and was wounded later and taken to a hospital in Washington, D.C., before being discharged in May 1865.
--Old Secesh
Nichols' Union service was as a replacement for Charles A. Nobles who hired him to take his place.
From the May 26, 1941, Chronicle.
Charles Nichols died May 25, 1941 at age 95. He was the last surviving member of the Luther Post of the GAR. and became ill May 17th.
Muskegon now has only one remaining Civil War veteran, Howard Bond, 97, at 1366 Sanford Street. Nichols lived at his son Clayton's home at 710 Catawba Avenue. He had been born at Rutland, Vermont, on December 27, 1845 and and came to Michigan as a child.
On Feb. 15, 1864, at age 19, he enlisted at grand Rapids and was wounded later and taken to a hospital in Washington, D.C., before being discharged in May 1865.
--Old Secesh
Monday, September 22, 2014
Civil War Veteran Died Just Short of Memorial Day 1941-- Part 1
From the May 27, 2013, M Live "Look Back: Civil War veteran died at age 95, days short of Memorial Day 1941" by David LeMieux.
Charles Albert Nichols marched in a lot of Memorial Day parades in his life, living much longer than might be expected considering life expectancy back during the Civil War was less than 40 years and casualty rates around 25%.
The 5'6" farmer lived to be 95.
His obituary in the Muskegon Chronicle says he enlisted on February 13, 1864. Another source lists Feb. 15, 1865. Either way, it was in the 16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, formed in the fall of 1861 and fought in nearly every major eastern battle
On January 2, 1865, the 761 officers and enlisted in the regiment were given a 6 1/2 week furlough.
They marched in the Grand review in Washington, D.C. on May 23, 1865, and were discharged at Jeffersonville, Indiana.
--Old Secesh
Charles Albert Nichols marched in a lot of Memorial Day parades in his life, living much longer than might be expected considering life expectancy back during the Civil War was less than 40 years and casualty rates around 25%.
The 5'6" farmer lived to be 95.
His obituary in the Muskegon Chronicle says he enlisted on February 13, 1864. Another source lists Feb. 15, 1865. Either way, it was in the 16th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, formed in the fall of 1861 and fought in nearly every major eastern battle
On January 2, 1865, the 761 officers and enlisted in the regiment were given a 6 1/2 week furlough.
They marched in the Grand review in Washington, D.C. on May 23, 1865, and were discharged at Jeffersonville, Indiana.
--Old Secesh
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