NIcholson graduated from the Medical Department of Hampden-Sydney College (later the Medical College of Virginia) in 1851. He enlisted as 2nd lieutenant in Co. I of the 12th Virginia on February 22, 1862. Dr. Nicholson was court-martialed on February 23, 1863 for being AWOL and allowed to resign his commission, stating that he had a frail constitution and had been ill from consumption and jaundice, and also that he was needed to care for his siblings and his deceased father's property. these reasons were not accepted; however, his offer to enroll a replacement allowed him to resign, and he furnished a substitute in March 1863.
After the war, he resided in Brunswick County, VA and Sussex County, VA, where he died in his native
Wakefield, VA on July 17, 1906.
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