Nichols, Melville
Soldier: Melville Nichols
Regiment: 174th. OVI
Company: A
Age: 18
Date Entering Service: 7/25/1864
Period of Service: 7 months
Remarks (When discharged, re-enlisted, wounded, captured, died of disease or killed): Died of Tuberculous on 2/19/1865 in Nashville, Tennessee
Battles in which he fought: Died of disease prior to regiment engagement in any battle.
Other interesting information discovered: Melville W Nichols was born in the year 1849 in Morrow County, Ohio to the union of Nathan and Orphan (nee: Buffington) Nichols. He lived in the Gilead and Lincoln Township areas of Morrow County before the War. He died of tuberculous while serving in the War on 2/19/1865 in Nashville, Tennessee.
Date of Death: 2/19/1865
Place of burial: Nashville National Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
Researcher: Velda L Montgomery