John Page Nicholson
1842 - 1922
Private 28th Pennsylvania Infantry July 20, 1861. Regimental Commissary Sergeant July 21, 1861. Discharged for promotion September 10, 1862.
First Lieutenant and Quartermaster 28th Pennsylvania Infantry September 10, 1862. Honorably mustered out July 18, 1865.
Brevetted Captain March 13, 186f. "For faithful and meritorious services during the war Major March 13, 1865. "For gallant and and meritorious services in the Savannah and North Carolina Campaign" Lieutenant Colonel March 13, 1865 "For gallant and meritorious services during the war."
Recorder of Pennsylvania Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States 1879-1922.
Recorder-in-Chief Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States 1885-1922.
Chairman of the Gettysburg National Park Commission 1893 - 1922
Marker is on Hancock Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
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