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- He enlisted as a corporal in Company H, 82nd Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Mustered in 8/30/1862 at Nashville, Indiana and mustered out 6/9/1865 near Washington, DC. From 12/1862 until 7/11/1863, and from 9/1863 until 1/1864, was assigned as a color guard. History of the 82nd Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry: Organized at Indianapolis and Camp Emerson and mustered in August 30, 1862. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September 1. Attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Ohio, September, 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 3rd Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November, 1862. 1st Brigade 3rd Division Center 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January, 1863. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 14th Army Corps, to June, 1865. SERVICE.--Pursuit of Bragg into Kentucky October 1-15, 1862. Battle of Perryville, Ky., October 8. March to Nashville, Tenn., October 16-November 7, and duty there till December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26-30. Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro till June. Expedition toward Columbia March 4-14. Middle Tennessee or Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Hoover's Gap June 24-26. Occupation of Middle Tennessee till August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga (Ga,) Campaign August 16-September 22. Battle of Chickamauga September 19-21. Siege of Chattanooga, Tenn., September 24-November 23. Reopening Tennessee River November 26-29. Brown's Ferry October 27. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23-27. Orchard Knob November 23-24. Mission Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26-27. Demonstrations on Dalton, Ga., February 22-27, 1864. Tunnel Hill, Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Faced Ridge February 23-25. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May 1-September 8. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8-11. Battle of Resaca May 14-15. Advance on Dallas May 18-25. Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church and Allatoona Hills May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Pine Hill June 10-14. Lost Mountain June 15-17. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Station, Smyrna Camp Ground, July 4. Chattahoochie River July 5-17. Peach Tree Creek July 19-20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Utoy Creek August 5-7. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations in North Georgia and North Alabama against Hood September 29-November 3. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Fayetteville, N.C., March 11. Averysboro March 16. Battle of Bentonville March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Mustered out June 9, 1865. Regiment lost during service 3 Officers and 65 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 6 Officers and 170 Enlisted men by disease. Total 244. Partial description was: Five feet nine inches tall, light complexion, sandy hair, grey eyes. With his family, moved from Texas back to Brown Co., Indiana, about 1878. Buried in the Elkinsville Cemetery, Elkinsville, Brown Co., Indiana. In some records he is referred to as Nicholas James, in others as James Nicholas. Apparently, according to records, he was named Nicholas James, but sometime in mid life, changed his names to James Nicholas. My Grandparents (Daniel Arwine & Susan Elizabeth Hanners) referred to him as James Nicholas. (per James Reuben Arwine 1999). The following is a copy of a battle report written by Captain William C. Stineback of the Eighty Second Indiana Volunteer Infantry, during the battle of Chickamauga and after one of the fights for Snodgrass Hill. This is just the part of the report having to do with James Nicholas and covers just one of the skirmishes. The men of the 82nd Indiana were known as 'The Heroes Of Chickamauga', due to their refusal to retreat during any of the many charges by superior Confederate forces. Report of Capt. William C. Stineback, Eighty-second Indiana Infantry. HDQRS. EIGHTY-SECOND REGT. INDIANA INFANTRY, Camp near Ringgold, Ga., March 3, 1864. CAPT.: The following report of the operations of the Eighty-second Regt. Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the late reconnaissance in direction of Dalton, Ga., is respectfully submitted: In obedience to orders from brigade headquarters, on Monday, February 22, this regiment, in connection with the Eleventh, Eighty-ninth, and Ninety-second Ohio Volunteers, took up the line of March from Chattanooga, Tenn., in direction of Ringgold, Ga., near which place we bivouacked, on the banks of Chickamauga Creek, having marched about 16 miles, nothing worthy of especial notice having occurred during the day. Tuesday, February 23, about 12 a.m., moved across the creek and halted until near night, then moved forward, passing through Ringgold , and over a narrow road through the gap between Taylor's and White Oak Ridges, about 3 miles, and again bivouacked for the night on the banks of the Chickamauga, near the Stone Church. On Wednesday, February 24, about 10 a.m., moved across the creek and took position on a ridge running north and south on the left of our brigade, which was formed in line of battle in the valley. In this position we remained until near night, when the regiment was withdrawn, and rejoining the brigade moved out on the Ringgold and Dalton road and bivouacked for the night near Tunnel Hill. Thursday morning, February 25, moved out about 3 a.m., and crossed to another road leading from Ringgold to Dalton, where we found General Cruft's division of the Fourth Corps. Shortly after coming up with this force brisk skirmishing commenced on the road in our front, and our brigade was withdrawn and marched over the hill to our right, and together with the Third Brigade of our division formed in line of battle in Stony [Rocky] Face Valley. In this order we proceeded some distance, when the Eighty-second Regiment was marched by the right flank to a road skirting a field, along which we proceeded some distance, until fired upon by a battery, the second shot from which wounded Capt. Marcellus Fee, of Company F, and 2 privates. The regiment then changed direction to the right, and formed column by division, doubled on the center, under cover of a low ridge, which partially shielded us from the fire of the enemy's battery. We had not long lain in this position, however, when we were again ordered out, and deploying column moved by the right flank up the ravine into the open field. A strong line of skirmishers was then thrown out, and, supported by the Eighty-second Indiana and Eighty-ninth Ohio Regiments, engaged the enemy, forcing them off of the first ridge on our front, of which we took possession. It was then ordered that at a given signal we should charge the next ridge in front of us, but information was now communicated by the officer commanding the skirmishers that the enemy were in strong force in the ravine and on the hills. General Tiirchin, upon being informed of this, sent orders to us to remain in our present position until re-enforcements were brought to us. The Eleventh Ohio was now sent up to support our right flank, and the Ninety- second Ohio to be held in reserve. The Eleventh Ohio was then ordered to advance, and soon became hotly engaged, when the Eighty-ninth Ohio and Eighty-second Indiana, then under command of Lient. Col. Paul E. Slocum, were ordered forward. The Eleventh Ohio being repulsed and closely followed by the enemy, our attention was drawn to the top of the ridge upon which we were lying. When we reached the top the firing became general, and after some minutes' sharp fighting the enemy were driven from the place of the opposite ridge to its top, closely followed by the Eighty-second Indiana and Eighty-ninth Ohio Regiments, encouraged by the presence of General Turchin, who gallantly appeared and exposed his life on horseback through the thickest of the fight. We passed over the ridges, which were very steep, when we were met by a murderous fire from a greatly superior force of the enemy and compelled to retire again to the first ridge. In this charge our loss in wounded was 22. among whom were 2 color bearers, Color-Sergt. John D. Wilson and Corpl. Edgar B. Bishop. both of Company C. The colors were, however, safely brought off by Corpl. N. J. Arwine, of Company H.
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