Statistics for occurrence #1 of “General Nicholls” in chapter 29, page 313 of John Dimitry , A. M., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 10.1, Louisiana:
...e General Nicholls led his brigade into the thickest of the fight and fell seriously wounded in the foot.
Amputation was necessary, which disqualified him for further active service in the field.
General Nicholls was in 1864 assigned to the Transsissippi
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