Nicholas Longworth Anderson (1838-1892)

He was born at Cincinnati and grew up next door to his grandfather's house, Belmont. After graduating from Harvard (1858) he travelled in Europe and spent two years studying at universities in Germany before returning to Cincinnati to study law. He was a nephew of Brigadier-General Robert Anderson who would later win fame at Fort Sumter and on the outbreak of the U.S. Civil War he too volunteered with the Union Army. In 1861, he was promoted from Lieutenant to Lt-Colonel of the 6th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was brevetted Brigadier-General for, "gallant conduct and meritorious services in the Battle of Stone's River" (1862) and Major-General for, "distinguished gallantry and meritorious conduct in the Battle of Chickamauga" (1863). Severely wounded twice, he was mustered out of the army in 1864.

General Anderson was a Companion of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States; Member of the Sons of the Revolution; and, Member of the Maryland Society of the Cincinnati by virtue of his grandfather, Lt.-Col. Richard Clough Anderson. In 1881, he built a house at 16th and K in Washington D.C. designed by his old Harvard classmate, H.H. Richardson. He budgeted $33,000 for the house but the final price came in at $100,000 and was then viewed as, "easily the most interesting private residence in the capital.” He didn't have a career but spent his time managing his mother's estate and died at Lucerne in Switzerland. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Glenny Kilgour of Cincinnati, and they had two children who survived to adulthood. The mansion built by his son in Washington D.C. is today the headquarters of the Society of the Cincinnati.