Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Colonel Nims” in chapter 7 of Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters:

...ain Nims for his men under all circumstances. The slight mortality by disease in this battery is attributed by the members to the efficiency of their leader. Some years after the war a niece of Colonel Nims was visiting in the South and dined at the home of a former Confederate captain. She was told that at one time during the war, orders were given to the Confederate officers to kill Captain Nims at ...
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