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Donaldsonville (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry nicholls-francis-tillon
Nicholls, Francis Tillon 1834- Military officer; born in Donaldsonville, La., Aug. 20, 1834; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1855; assigned to duty on the frontier; resigned his commission in October, 1856; and practised law in Napoleonville, La. In 1861 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Louisiana Regiment; in 1862 was promoted colonel and brigadier-general. He lost a foot at the battle of Chancellorsville, and an arm at the battle of Winchester, Va.; was governor of Louisiana in 1877-80 and in 1888-92; and became chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in 1893.
Napoleonville (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry nicholls-francis-tillon
Nicholls, Francis Tillon 1834- Military officer; born in Donaldsonville, La., Aug. 20, 1834; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1855; assigned to duty on the frontier; resigned his commission in October, 1856; and practised law in Napoleonville, La. In 1861 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Louisiana Regiment; in 1862 was promoted colonel and brigadier-general. He lost a foot at the battle of Chancellorsville, and an arm at the battle of Winchester, Va.; was governor of Louisiana in 1877-80 and in 1888-92; and became chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in 1893.
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): entry nicholls-francis-tillon
ted States Military Academy in 1855; assigned to duty on the frontier; resigned his commission in October, 1856; and practised law in Napoleonville, La. In 1861 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Louisiana Regiment; in 1862 was promoted colonel and brigadier-general. He lost a foot at the battle of Chancellorsville, and an arm at the battle of Winchester, Va.; was governor of Louisiana in 1877-80 and in 1888-92; and became chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in 1893.ted States Military Academy in 1855; assigned to duty on the frontier; resigned his commission in October, 1856; and practised law in Napoleonville, La. In 1861 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Louisiana Regiment; in 1862 was promoted colonel and brigadier-general. He lost a foot at the battle of Chancellorsville, and an arm at the battle of Winchester, Va.; was governor of Louisiana in 1877-80 and in 1888-92; and became chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in 1893.
Francis Tillon Nicholls (search for this): entry nicholls-francis-tillon
Nicholls, Francis Tillon 1834- Military officer; born in Donaldsonville, La., Aug. 20, 1834; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1855; assigned to duty on the frontier; resigned his commission in October, 1856; and practised law in Napoleonville, La. In 1861 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Louisiana Regiment; in 1862 was promoted colonel and brigadier-general. He lost a foot at the battle of Chancellorsville, and an arm at the battle of Winchester, Va.; was governor of Louisiana in 1877-80 and in 1888-92; and became chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in 1893.
1861 AD (search for this): entry nicholls-francis-tillon
Nicholls, Francis Tillon 1834- Military officer; born in Donaldsonville, La., Aug. 20, 1834; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1855; assigned to duty on the frontier; resigned his commission in October, 1856; and practised law in Napoleonville, La. In 1861 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Louisiana Regiment; in 1862 was promoted colonel and brigadier-general. He lost a foot at the battle of Chancellorsville, and an arm at the battle of Winchester, Va.; was governor of Louisiana in 1877-80 and in 1888-92; and became chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in 1893.
1880 AD (search for this): entry nicholls-francis-tillon
Nicholls, Francis Tillon 1834- Military officer; born in Donaldsonville, La., Aug. 20, 1834; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1855; assigned to duty on the frontier; resigned his commission in October, 1856; and practised law in Napoleonville, La. In 1861 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Louisiana Regiment; in 1862 was promoted colonel and brigadier-general. He lost a foot at the battle of Chancellorsville, and an arm at the battle of Winchester, Va.; was governor of Louisiana in 1877-80 and in 1888-92; and became chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in 1893.
August 20th, 1834 AD (search for this): entry nicholls-francis-tillon
Nicholls, Francis Tillon 1834- Military officer; born in Donaldsonville, La., Aug. 20, 1834; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1855; assigned to duty on the frontier; resigned his commission in October, 1856; and practised law in Napoleonville, La. In 1861 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Louisiana Regiment; in 1862 was promoted colonel and brigadier-general. He lost a foot at the battle of Chancellorsville, and an arm at the battle of Winchester, Va.; was governor of Louisiana in 1877-80 and in 1888-92; and became chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in 1893.
1862 AD (search for this): entry nicholls-francis-tillon
Nicholls, Francis Tillon 1834- Military officer; born in Donaldsonville, La., Aug. 20, 1834; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1855; assigned to duty on the frontier; resigned his commission in October, 1856; and practised law in Napoleonville, La. In 1861 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Louisiana Regiment; in 1862 was promoted colonel and brigadier-general. He lost a foot at the battle of Chancellorsville, and an arm at the battle of Winchester, Va.; was governor of Louisiana in 1877-80 and in 1888-92; and became chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in 1893.
1893 AD (search for this): entry nicholls-francis-tillon
Nicholls, Francis Tillon 1834- Military officer; born in Donaldsonville, La., Aug. 20, 1834; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1855; assigned to duty on the frontier; resigned his commission in October, 1856; and practised law in Napoleonville, La. In 1861 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Louisiana Regiment; in 1862 was promoted colonel and brigadier-general. He lost a foot at the battle of Chancellorsville, and an arm at the battle of Winchester, Va.; was governor of Louisiana in 1877-80 and in 1888-92; and became chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in 1893.
1834 AD (search for this): entry nicholls-francis-tillon
Nicholls, Francis Tillon 1834- Military officer; born in Donaldsonville, La., Aug. 20, 1834; graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1855; assigned to duty on the frontier; resigned his commission in October, 1856; and practised law in Napoleonville, La. In 1861 he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Louisiana Regiment; in 1862 was promoted colonel and brigadier-general. He lost a foot at the battle of Chancellorsville, and an arm at the battle of Winchester, Va.; was governor of Louisiana in 1877-80 and in 1888-92; and became chief-justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in 1893.
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