1st Lt. William J. Nicholson, 7th US Cavalry

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Lieutenant William Jones Nicholson, was the thirty-four-year-old First Lieutenant normally assigned to Captain Nowlan’s I Troop, 7th Cavalry. At Wounded Knee he was serving as Whitside’s Acting Adjutant of First Battalion. Nicholson retired as a Colonel in 1920 and was promoted to Brigadier General from the retired list in 1927. He died in 1931.

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Of the forty three years of his continuous service in the Army, General Nicholson, who retired in January 1920 spent thirty seven with the Seventh Cavalry, General Custer's old Regiment, which he commanded for a time.

General Nicholson was born in Washington on January 16, 1856. His father was Commodore Somerville Nicholson, United States Navy The son was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Cavalry in 1876. After graduating from the Infantry and Cavalry School in 1883, he served in the Spanish-American War and later in the Mexican punitive expedition. As Commander of the Maryland troops he participated in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and other battles.

The Distinguished Service Cross awarded him in April 1919 was in recognition of distinguished and exceptional gallantry at Bois de Bouge on September 19, 1918. He received the Distinguished Service Medal in the same year, 1919. He is said to have had a wider experience with enlisted men than any other American officer.