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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.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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