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record_id:  16976
Name:  HIGGINSON, Henry C.
Alternate spelling of last name:  ROMEO nickname
Year born:  1843
Rank:  PRIVATE
Company:  K
Arm:  Infantry
Regiment number:  19th Illinois Infantry
Date captured:  9/20/1863
Location captured:  Chickamauga, Georgia
Date of death:  
Cause of death:  

Fate:
   Exchanged August 2, 1864. One of five members of the Petition Committee sent to Washington, in August 1864, to discuss prisionef exchange. Other members included: Private Edward Bates, Company K, 42nd New York Infantry; Private John H. Brown, Company J, 1st Kentucky Cavalry; Private Sylvester Noirot, Company B, 5th New Jersey Infantry; and Sergeant Prescott Tracy, Company G, 82nd New York Infantry. Mustered out September 28, 1864, at Chicago, Illinois.

Remarks:
   EXCHANGED AUGUST 2, 1864 Exchanged August 2, 1864; sent to Washington to discuss prisoner exchange.

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