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James William Augustus Nicholson

James William Augustus Nicholson 1821-87, American naval officer, b. Dedham, Mass.; grandson of Samuel Nicholson. He was appointed a midshipman in 1838, served under Commodore Perry in East Asia (1853), and took part in the attempt to relieve Fort Sumter (1861) that precipitated the Civil War. During the war he commanded ships in the successful Union assaults on Port Royal, S.C., Jacksonville, and other Florida coastal cities and on Mobile Bay.

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Nicholson, James William Augustus (1821–87) career naval officer, born in Dedham, Massachusetts. During the Civil War, Nicholson commanded the steamer Isaac Smith in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron, participating in the capture of Port Royal Sound (1861) and the seizure of Jacksonville and St. Augustine (1862). While in command of the monitor Manhattan, Nicholson participated in the assault on Mobile Bay (1864) under David Farragut, engaging in a duel with the Confederate ironclad ram Tennessee and successfully penetrating its armor plating.

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	Painterly relations: recent exhibitions at the Royal Academy and Tate Britain reassessed the work of three British painters: William Nicholson and the John siblings, Gwen and Augustus.(REPORT FROM LONDON)(Critical Essay) Magazine article from: Art in America; 9/1/2005
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