Jacob Nicklis family letters, 1862-1880.

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Jacob Nicklis family letters, 1862-1880.

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This collection is comprised of six letters from Jacob Nicklis to his father William Nicklis dating from October 27th and December 28th, 1862. Through his letters, Nicklis describes the series of events that led to his service on board the USS Monitor. Nicklis details his first views of the ship in the Washington Navy Yard, volunteering as part of her crew, and life on board the Monitor. He presents, in detail, the manning and firing of Monitor's guns. Throughout his letters, Nicklis expresses his misgiving on serving on board Monitor. He states that the turret is "getting weak" and that "they say we will have a pretty rough time a going around Hatteras but I hope it will not be the case." Jacob Nicklis did not survive the sinking of Monitor. In his letter to Nicklis's sister, Antoinette, Grenville Weeks, surgeon on Monitor, gives his condolences on the loss of her brother, Jacob. Weeks writes that Nicklis went down with Monitor and states that her brother "did his duty well, and has I believe gone to a brighter world, where storms do not come." The final two letters are written to Nicklis's sister Antoinette (Nettie). The first is from Jacob and Nettie's sister Eva, and the second is from Nettie's son W. C. Leonard. Both letters date after the Civil War. Son W. C. writes of his trip to Chicago, while sister Eva complains about family financial matters

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Jacob Nicklis family.

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The son of a German immigrant, William Nicklis, Sr., Jacob had two brothers and four sisters. Aside from those facts, little is known of Nicklis's early life. He joined the United States Navy at the age of 16. Jacob Nicklis was 21 years of age when he stepped on board the US Steam Battery Monitor at the Washington Navy Yard in November 1862, having reenlisted in the United States Navy a month earlier. According to Nicklis's reenlistment records, he stood 5 feet 7 1/2 inches tall, ha...

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Nicklis, Jacob, d. 1862.

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Weeks, Grenville.

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...