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John Pace Nicholson

Gettysburg Battlefield - July1863

 

 

 

 

1842 - 1922

Private 28th Pennsylvania Infantry July 20, 1861 Regimental Commissary Sergeant July 21, 1861. Discharged for promotion September 10, 1862.

Firs Lieutenant and Quartermaster 28th Pennsylvania Infantry September 10, 1862. Honorably mustered out July 18, 1865.

Brevetted Captain March 13, 1865, "for faithful and meritorious services during the war major March 13, 1865. "For gallant and meritorious services in the Savannah and Carolina Campaign" Lieutenant Colonel March 13, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious services during the war."

Recorder of Pennsylvania Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States 1879-1922.

Recorder-in-Chief Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States 1885 - 1922.

Chairman of the Gettysburg National Park Commission 1893 - 1922.

 

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