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James William Augustus Nicholson

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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. Author not available, NICHOLSON, JAMES WILLIAM AUGUSTUS. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Nicholson, James William Augustus
Nicholson, James William Augustus (1821–87) career naval officer...Massachusetts. During the Civil War , Nicholson commanded the steamer Isaac Smith...command of the monitor Manhattan, Nicholson participated in the assault on Mobile... Read more

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