Nicholas attended VMI for 4 weeks after Randolph-Macon closed in early 1862 for the duration of the war. He enlisted in Co. C of the 25th Battalion VA Infantry on August 15, 1862. On February 9, 1863, he was promoted to corporal and he was promoted to sergeant on April, 11, 1863. He was hospitalized in Scottsville, VA in March 1863 for an undisclosed reason, and was hospitalized at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, VA in September 1863 with "debility."
Nicholas returned to the Scottsville area of Buckingham County, VA after the war and farmed until his death on January 31, 1922.
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