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Nicholas Longworth Anderson
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Nicholas Longworth Anderson
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| Born | April 22, 1838 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Died | September 18, 1892 (aged 54) Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Place of burial |
Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio
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| Allegiance | United States of America |
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United States Army Union Army |
| Years of service | 1861–1865 |
| Rank |  Colonel Brevet Major General |
| Commands held | 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| Battles/wars | American Civil War |
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 Union Army, but soon was promoted to 1st lieutenant in the 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on May 12, 1861 and to lieutenant colonel on June 21 of the same year.
He was promoted to colonel in command of the regiment on November 9, 1862. He served in western Virginia and in most of the major campaigns in the Western Theater. Severely wounded twice, he mustered out of the service with the regiment on June 23, 1864.
On December 18, 1867, President Andrew Johnson nominated Anderson to receive a brevet (honorary promotion) to the rank of brigadier general of Volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865 for "gallant conduct and meritorious services in the battle of Stone's River, December 31, 1862" and the U.S. Senate confirmed the brevet on February 14, 1868. On December 19, 1867, President Johnson nominated Anderson for the award of the grade of brevet major general of U.S. volunteers, also to rank from March 13, 1865, for "distinguished gallantry and meritorious conduct in the battle of Chickamauga, September 19 and 20, 1863" and the U.S. Senate confirmed this brevet, also on February 14, 1868.
Post war
General Anderson was a veteran companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS). His son, Larz Anderson III, became an hereditary member of MOLLUS. Both father and son were also members of the Sons of the Revolution.
In 1890 he was elected to membership in the Maryland Society of the Cincinnati by right of being the grandson of Lieutenant Colonel Richard Clough Anderson, a Virginia native who served in the American Revolution. His "seat" in the society was "inherited" by his son Larz, who was elected to membership in the Maryland Society in 1894. By tradition, members of the Society of the Cincinnati join the society of the state from which their ancestor served. Although Richard Clough Anderson served from Virginia, Nicholas Longworth Anderson joined the Maryland Society probably because the Virginia society was unwilling to admit a former Union officer.
Following the death of his 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.
