The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-02-22
,,osr3I Frank 5. Nickerson
IN Press Association.

a-.. r..-.-. whose truth was proven,
,..., .e laid in Earth,
r-.-,.r. q wreath be woven,
.U... a5rli their worth"
r ,.-,.as Il that venerable soldier
l.s-.U VA. General Frank S. Nick
as-s ;.e ending of most dis
.sf... r.-r. in both civil and mill
s;f. 1.. removes one of the last seven
p.,,a.a. t,q.ssaIs of the war of 1861,
t4- o..vzu Of Waldo County who
5ra-. with such commission.
c.ns.4 N .rrsun was born in Swan
o - 1885, where he lived the life of
.-.us.y a.. Ut that period, working
.a.5.. .a -gumer and atten ling the
tnl-. --r school in wincer, secur-
,- gr fort and sacrifice two
,.-. 81. .ieny, read law and at
4. s,. f e ty-two years was ad-
.,.. .....-- at Waldo County bar.
sl lie adjoining town of
l..a. s. NAMED there until 1873
t Har..s Of his profession, ex-
.-. Of four years in the
.,~. H. .4ral taste for politics al
ms m..-N developed leadership
rr.!a..r. - re was soon appointed
s,tg,a.,..r OF customs for the Dis
-a .- ,s.-.ort and Prospect, which
sn-q.r.. d. -I he resigned to enter the
Esa- H. Iae Democratic party was
,- a .uar-m- control of State and
|art,. alh.aLu divided into two mill
| s1 factions w oolbeads and Wildcats,
With Bs76a.l hamlin head of the for
men, and T. X Smart the County leader,
ID ga.a .scuon the young lawyer at,
scs Mma-t as a radical partisan. He
Vs those avs a brilliant and fiery
|arga.sr 5faor. and dashing leader, al
ysy- in The taickest of the fractional
a7 bur few wears later was to turn
|ng.os of he New Republican party,
7 outrisei many of his former po-
Utica associates. The campaign of 1860
Ii W-i rsmembered for his eloquent
Dasti p for Douglas for President and
Tx smart for Governor, also his stir
|ag speeches for the Union, and earnest
aJ Iar volunteers to follow him in de-
tense Of he old Flag. He enlisted as
d private In Searsport Company, al
Holg # H Universally understood that
Devon h. =.ected captain, as he had
he r several years an officer in the
&s Nmls. and was regarded as ex-
eltraay ii qualified for the position.
The company was assigned to the Fourth
aails regiment, and he was commission
.aAai'r Of toe same, with Thomas H.
Marshall, J. out. Colonel and Hiram G.
tsrj If R1csland, Colonel. The regi-
as'J '-tt for Washington, D. c., and in
Fa thai Two months 1t was engaged in
s'u= u Bull Run, in a brigade COM
aals1 by General o. O. Howerd, the
1'l and fifth Maine regiments consti-
A''s portion of the same. The rec
@' VI that disastrous field for the
VooH forces, IN which the Fourth Maine
sQAt's5 itself superbly and did not be-
"nt involved in the general demoraliza-
D' OF the army, is told in official re-
FNS that can be found in the volumes
" rebellion War Records. General
inward says Major Nickerson render
" '''s especial service, us he always did.
lux conduct Of Colonel Berry, and Lieut..
" W. Marshall was commendable. Also
@'lu' NIckerson who l have already
"'c=d' When General B. F. Butler
wy -''eh authority to raise division of
W. gousand men for the Department of
i Ivy JUL tour Of the regiments were Sc
=, .''1 Ifom Maine, and one battery. Two
" 4sA, the 18th and 18th, were COM
!. r'S' aFgely of Democrats. AS an at
, ' S 10 citizens of that party, George
'D'piey a prominent leader in the
10, p" was selected for Colonel of the
.,J S'ot Major and Captain Hastings,
H. lieut. Jol. Kimball, Oxford County
T. 1O'fats, ard Colonel Nickerson for
AZ '4ia' Iarge proportion of other
r., ,''s beng from that party. The first
h., mad a. W. Bradbury son of Bion
4,S who later became Colonel of
M 'sfy The 14th regiment had been
.bt 1t" months in Louisiana, had hard
N. r0'l'e accustomed to that debilitat-
ID - ''ale to Northern man, with lit
ks,. 'Ds ior drill and disciplinary work,
h." "' II was called into the desperate
Ia az u Baton Rouge, where it's splen-
|Ss 1''ency and bull dog tenacity saved
hon ' ID brought unqualified praise
es,, 'OIn the department and brigade
h, - General Williams, Dlvi-
Se b, ..|",'l'hander, having been killed in
nj. ) The Rebellion Official Rec
hi, sporting that engagement. pres.
Ma g report of General B. F. Butler,
sA u Colonel Nickerson deserves
is,,a OILS country. Not more for his
Ii bs anu cool courage in the field, whe re
|ish, was killed from under him. but
ARsi,' Nill' energy and perseverance in
&ia. Ills men to such state of dis
/ An tn !" enable them to execute the