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: | |
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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. |