The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-02-22

5 eadness and efficiency. His regiment
behaved admirably" The Fourth Wis
consin was also placed under his con-
mand. Col. Thomas w. CahiiI, Ninth
Connecticut, in command of the brigade.
reported: Colonel Nickerson had his
horse shot from under him by discharge
of g:ape. He sprang from under his
dying steed and waving his sword called
upon his men for one more charge. The
men went forward with three rousinp
cheers, and drove back the advancing
foe. When | look back few short
me- nths since the arrival of the Four
teenth Maine at Ship Island and to dav
consider the work done by that regiment
in action. the smoothness and steadiness
of the evolutions on difficult ground and
under fire of confederate veterans, |
can only say for his efforts in building up
his regiment, the most severe task for
commander, and his conduct in the field
Colonel Nickerson deserves high praise"
For his galantry and efficiency at Battle
VI DatolI 1eOuSe SUlUuSl NlchbESOIl was
made full Brigadier General in 1862
and commanded a brigade until end of
war, except a few months the latter
part of the war when he was on detach d
service in Washington, D. C. Waldo
county had several of her soldiers honor
ed with the Brevet rank of Brigader
General, but only General Nickerson had
the full rank. His brigade, which in
cluded the 14th Maine, participated in
siege of Port Hudson in 1863, and in the
Red River campaign in 1864, and portion
of the time he was in command of the jii-
vision.
He returned to Searsport at close of
the war and resumed the practice Of his
profession. Civil hohors would naturally
have been his, but he brushed aside the
temptation, and resumed his connection
with the Democratic party, taking rad
ical position against the policies of the
Republican party on reconstruction; al
so upon the payment of bonds in gold
which had been bought with greatly
| deprecated currency and were non tax
IDLE. He advocated letting the South
resume their old relations in their own
way, and a burial of all the unpleasant
memories of the war. He rarely alluded
! to any of the thrilling incidents or bat
ties in which he had borne such an honor
able part, and only attended the regi-
mental reunions of his old regiments occa-
sionally, where he was always welcome
! guest and popular speaker. He had be-
come more conservative than in his early
| days, which also characterized his bear
| ing in court, where he conducted many
! important cases successfully, and reach
ed over to neigbboring counties. Once
he and D. N. Mortland met Tom Reed,
when he was Attorney General, in MUIR
| der case at Rockland that continued sew
eral days and was hotly contested and
noted for its brilliant fea lures and rhetor-
ical sparks. Reed admitted it to be one
of his hardest legal battles.
Finding legal work in Waldo County
somewhat OFeTuOne III cases Ol import
ance, with such very able lawyers in
competition ss W. G. Crosby, Nehemiah
Abbott, A. G. Jewett, E. K. Boyle, W.
H. Mcclellan, W. H. Fogler. Seth L.
Milliken and others, and attracted by the
opportunities and legal fees of a great
city, General Nickerson removed to Bos-
ton in 1873, where he had chance to ex
pand In the light of a galaxy of great
lawyers and advocates. and soon came
to be recognized by all for his wisdom
in counsel and ability as pleader. At
the age of eighty he retired, as he said
to give him chance to read books, in
which he has divided his time with his
garden. surrounded by his children and
grandchildren, quiet and happy life to
the end. He married in 1849 Augusta A.
daughter of William Pitcher, a promi-
nent man of large business interests and
former Mayor of Belfast. The union
was most happy. They lived two chums.
in the fullest sympathy and he had the
great blessing of her companionship
until very recent years. Three children
survive, Jean P, lawyer in Boston,