Daniel D. Nichols

In 1860 he was a married 21 year old laborer at Realtown/Tallassee in Tallapoosa County, AL. He enlisted in Montgomery, AL on 19 July 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company F of the 13th Alabama Infantry.

He was with his company in action at Turner's Gap on South Mountain on 14 September and was killed at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

His widow Sarah filed a claim for his final pay of $125.23 in April 1863; it was finally approved on 21 March 1865. It is unlikely she ever received it.

His service from his Confederate Compiled Service Records1 online from fold3, and the Alabama Archives,2 both also as Daniel D. Nickols. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860.

He married Sarah Frances Alford (1844-) in August 1859, no apparent children.

His brother Larkin was also killed at Sharpsburg.

c. 1839 in GA

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD