Nicholas Longworth Anderson [SEP] conflict
Nicholas Longworth Anderson
Nicholas Longworth Anderson (April 22, 1838 – September 18, 1892) was a United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War as Colonel of the 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After the Civil War, he was nominated and confirmed for appointment to the brevet grades of brigadier general and major general of volunteers.
Biography.
Anderson graduated from Harvard College and traveled in Europe. He returned to Cincinnati and was studying law when the war began.
Anderson volunteered as a private in the
father, Anderson spent much of the remainder of his days managing the estate he had inherited from his mother. Anderson died in Lucerne, Switzerland at age fifty-four on September 18, 1892 and is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.
Relatives.
Nicholas Longworth Anderson, son of Larz Anderson I and Catherine (Longworth) Anderson, was the scion of two distinguished Ohio families. Through his mother, he was the grandson of Nicholas Longworth, founder of the Longworth family. On his father's side,