He died on 10/27/1908 at age 78
Cause of death was Concussion of the Brain.
He died in Doylestown.
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John was the son of Cheyney Nields and Mary Givens of Chester County. In 1858 he was appointed as Judge Advocate General of the First Brigade Third Division of the Uniformed Militia.
He also served in the United States Army during the Civil War. He was commissioned on May 1, 1861 as Lieutenant in the Brandywine Guards. On June 10, 1861 he was commissioned as Captain in Company A of the 1st Pennsylvania Reserves. On October 10, 1861 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the 104th Pennsylvania Infantry after being invited by W.N.Davis, Colonel of the 104th Regiment.
He described the horrors of war in a series of letters to his wife and family that were recently auctioned. Several letters from April of 1862 detailed the regiment's transportation by boat to Fortress Monroe and his eyewitness accounts of the Confederate ironclad Merrimack as well as the USS Monitor.
In 1862 from near Williamsburg, Virginia he described a battlefield where Hancock's Brigade was engaged, "Wounded of both sides were also there, groaning and in the agonies of death...a terrible sight...The rebels are perfect fiends and murderers." In 1862 from camp near Chickahominy, under enemy artillery fire, "...solid shot and shell whistled so close to our heads..." Lt. Col. Nields was wounded in the head and surgeon's orders sent him to the hospital in Ft. Monroe.
Lastly, a letter dated July 10, 1862, near Harrison's Point, James River, describing the condition of the wounded and concluding, "The medical department of the Army is a Grand Humbug." As a result of his wound, John W. Nields resigned his commission and returned to his family.
He was married to Margaret Carpenter (born June 1834 NY). Her father was born in Germany and her mother in England. John and Margaret resided in Shamokin and later moved in with their son Percy and his family. They were parents of the following known children:
1-William Davis Nields (1861-1923)
2-John Percival 'Percy' Nields (July 1869 Baltimore MD)
3-Mary Givens 'Minnie' Nields (abt 1871- ? Ontario Canada) married Edward H. Buchman (son of Louis and Mary Buchman) on June 1 1898 in Bucks County
4-Herbert Blake Nields (abt 1877)
Cause of death was Concussion of the Brain.
He died in Doylestown.
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John was the son of Cheyney Nields and Mary Givens of Chester County. In 1858 he was appointed as Judge Advocate General of the First Brigade Third Division of the Uniformed Militia.
He also served in the United States Army during the Civil War. He was commissioned on May 1, 1861 as Lieutenant in the Brandywine Guards. On June 10, 1861 he was commissioned as Captain in Company A of the 1st Pennsylvania Reserves. On October 10, 1861 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the 104th Pennsylvania Infantry after being invited by W.N.Davis, Colonel of the 104th Regiment.
He described the horrors of war in a series of letters to his wife and family that were recently auctioned. Several letters from April of 1862 detailed the regiment's transportation by boat to Fortress Monroe and his eyewitness accounts of the Confederate ironclad Merrimack as well as the USS Monitor.
In 1862 from near Williamsburg, Virginia he described a battlefield where Hancock's Brigade was engaged, "Wounded of both sides were also there, groaning and in the agonies of death...a terrible sight...The rebels are perfect fiends and murderers." In 1862 from camp near Chickahominy, under enemy artillery fire, "...solid shot and shell whistled so close to our heads..." Lt. Col. Nields was wounded in the head and surgeon's orders sent him to the hospital in Ft. Monroe.
Lastly, a letter dated July 10, 1862, near Harrison's Point, James River, describing the condition of the wounded and concluding, "The medical department of the Army is a Grand Humbug." As a result of his wound, John W. Nields resigned his commission and returned to his family.
He was married to Margaret Carpenter (born June 1834 NY). Her father was born in Germany and her mother in England. John and Margaret resided in Shamokin and later moved in with their son Percy and his family. They were parents of the following known children:
1-William Davis Nields (1861-1923)
2-John Percival 'Percy' Nields (July 1869 Baltimore MD)
3-Mary Givens 'Minnie' Nields (abt 1871- ? Ontario Canada) married Edward H. Buchman (son of Louis and Mary Buchman) on June 1 1898 in Bucks County
4-Herbert Blake Nields (abt 1877)
He died on 10/27/1908 at age 78
Cause of death was Concussion of the Brain.
He died in Doylestown.
~~~~~~~~~~~
John was the son of Cheyney Nields and Mary Givens of Chester County. In 1858 he was appointed as Judge Advocate General of the First Brigade Third Division of the Uniformed Militia.
He also served in the United States Army during the Civil War. He was commissioned on May 1, 1861 as Lieutenant in the Brandywine Guards. On June 10, 1861 he was commissioned as Captain in Company A of the 1st Pennsylvania Reserves. On October 10, 1861 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the 104th Pennsylvania Infantry after being invited by W.N.Davis, Colonel of the 104th Regiment.
He described the horrors of war in a series of letters to his wife and family that were recently auctioned. Several letters from April of 1862 detailed the regiment's transportation by boat to Fortress Monroe and his eyewitness accounts of the Confederate ironclad Merrimack as well as the USS Monitor.
In 1862 from near Williamsburg, Virginia he described a battlefield where Hancock's Brigade was engaged, "Wounded of both sides were also there, groaning and in the agonies of death...a terrible sight...The rebels are perfect fiends and murderers." In 1862 from camp near Chickahominy, under enemy artillery fire, "...solid shot and shell whistled so close to our heads..." Lt. Col. Nields was wounded in the head and surgeon's orders sent him to the hospital in Ft. Monroe.
Lastly, a letter dated July 10, 1862, near Harrison's Point, James River, describing the condition of the wounded and concluding, "The medical department of the Army is a Grand Humbug." As a result of his wound, John W. Nields resigned his commission and returned to his family.
He was married to Margaret Carpenter (born June 1834 NY). Her father was born in Germany and her mother in England. John and Margaret resided in Shamokin and later moved in with their son Percy and his family. They were parents of the following known children:
1-William Davis Nields (1861-1923)
2-John Percival 'Percy' Nields (July 1869 Baltimore MD)
3-Mary Givens 'Minnie' Nields (abt 1871- ? Ontario Canada) married Edward H. Buchman (son of Louis and Mary Buchman) on June 1 1898 in Bucks County
4-Herbert Blake Nields (abt 1877)
Cause of death was Concussion of the Brain.
He died in Doylestown.
~~~~~~~~~~~
John was the son of Cheyney Nields and Mary Givens of Chester County. In 1858 he was appointed as Judge Advocate General of the First Brigade Third Division of the Uniformed Militia.
He also served in the United States Army during the Civil War. He was commissioned on May 1, 1861 as Lieutenant in the Brandywine Guards. On June 10, 1861 he was commissioned as Captain in Company A of the 1st Pennsylvania Reserves. On October 10, 1861 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the 104th Pennsylvania Infantry after being invited by W.N.Davis, Colonel of the 104th Regiment.
He described the horrors of war in a series of letters to his wife and family that were recently auctioned. Several letters from April of 1862 detailed the regiment's transportation by boat to Fortress Monroe and his eyewitness accounts of the Confederate ironclad Merrimack as well as the USS Monitor.
In 1862 from near Williamsburg, Virginia he described a battlefield where Hancock's Brigade was engaged, "Wounded of both sides were also there, groaning and in the agonies of death...a terrible sight...The rebels are perfect fiends and murderers." In 1862 from camp near Chickahominy, under enemy artillery fire, "...solid shot and shell whistled so close to our heads..." Lt. Col. Nields was wounded in the head and surgeon's orders sent him to the hospital in Ft. Monroe.
Lastly, a letter dated July 10, 1862, near Harrison's Point, James River, describing the condition of the wounded and concluding, "The medical department of the Army is a Grand Humbug." As a result of his wound, John W. Nields resigned his commission and returned to his family.
He was married to Margaret Carpenter (born June 1834 NY). Her father was born in Germany and her mother in England. John and Margaret resided in Shamokin and later moved in with their son Percy and his family. They were parents of the following known children:
1-William Davis Nields (1861-1923)
2-John Percival 'Percy' Nields (July 1869 Baltimore MD)
3-Mary Givens 'Minnie' Nields (abt 1871- ? Ontario Canada) married Edward H. Buchman (son of Louis and Mary Buchman) on June 1 1898 in Bucks County
4-Herbert Blake Nields (abt 1877)
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