Son of George Washington Higgins and Nancy Smith Higgins. George Washington Higgins was the co founder of Bellefonte.
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Source: Compiled Confederate Service Records (NARA)
Robert W. Higgins enlisted as a Captain on June 13, 1861 in DeKalb County, Alabama for 1 years service in Company "E" 12th Alabama Infantry. Resigned October 17, 1861. No further record this source.
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Source: Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama for 30 Years, by William Garrett - Published 1872
GEN. ROBERT W. HIGGINS, another defeated aspirant for Secretary of State., was also a lawyer. He started in Jackson county, and I think was a beneficiary of the United States Military Academy at West-Point, but I am not certain about graduating. He had lived in DeKalb county a few years, and in 1854 or ;55, went to Talladega, and became connected with the editorial department of the " Watchtower." In 1857, he was a member of the House from DeKalb, and in 1859 was elected to the Senate from that and Marshall counties. On the commencement of hostilities between the North and South in 1861, he entered the service, and went up to the rank of Major; but before he had reached the middle of the war, or had satisfied his patriotic desires to serve the cause which he had espoused, he sickened and died, leaving to his native State the character of a brave and gallant man. Previous to the war he was elected a Brigadier-General, He died young, and unmarried.
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Source: Compiled Confederate Service Records (NARA)
Robert W. Higgins enlisted as a Captain on June 13, 1861 in DeKalb County, Alabama for 1 years service in Company "E" 12th Alabama Infantry. Resigned October 17, 1861. No further record this source.
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Source: Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama for 30 Years, by William Garrett - Published 1872
GEN. ROBERT W. HIGGINS, another defeated aspirant for Secretary of State., was also a lawyer. He started in Jackson county, and I think was a beneficiary of the United States Military Academy at West-Point, but I am not certain about graduating. He had lived in DeKalb county a few years, and in 1854 or ;55, went to Talladega, and became connected with the editorial department of the " Watchtower." In 1857, he was a member of the House from DeKalb, and in 1859 was elected to the Senate from that and Marshall counties. On the commencement of hostilities between the North and South in 1861, he entered the service, and went up to the rank of Major; but before he had reached the middle of the war, or had satisfied his patriotic desires to serve the cause which he had espoused, he sickened and died, leaving to his native State the character of a brave and gallant man. Previous to the war he was elected a Brigadier-General, He died young, and unmarried.
Son of George Washington Higgins and Nancy Smith Higgins. George Washington Higgins was the co founder of Bellefonte.
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Source: Compiled Confederate Service Records (NARA)
Robert W. Higgins enlisted as a Captain on June 13, 1861 in DeKalb County, Alabama for 1 years service in Company "E" 12th Alabama Infantry. Resigned October 17, 1861. No further record this source.
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Source: Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama for 30 Years, by William Garrett - Published 1872
GEN. ROBERT W. HIGGINS, another defeated aspirant for Secretary of State., was also a lawyer. He started in Jackson county, and I think was a beneficiary of the United States Military Academy at West-Point, but I am not certain about graduating. He had lived in DeKalb county a few years, and in 1854 or ;55, went to Talladega, and became connected with the editorial department of the " Watchtower." In 1857, he was a member of the House from DeKalb, and in 1859 was elected to the Senate from that and Marshall counties. On the commencement of hostilities between the North and South in 1861, he entered the service, and went up to the rank of Major; but before he had reached the middle of the war, or had satisfied his patriotic desires to serve the cause which he had espoused, he sickened and died, leaving to his native State the character of a brave and gallant man. Previous to the war he was elected a Brigadier-General, He died young, and unmarried.
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Source: Compiled Confederate Service Records (NARA)
Robert W. Higgins enlisted as a Captain on June 13, 1861 in DeKalb County, Alabama for 1 years service in Company "E" 12th Alabama Infantry. Resigned October 17, 1861. No further record this source.
...
Source: Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama for 30 Years, by William Garrett - Published 1872
GEN. ROBERT W. HIGGINS, another defeated aspirant for Secretary of State., was also a lawyer. He started in Jackson county, and I think was a beneficiary of the United States Military Academy at West-Point, but I am not certain about graduating. He had lived in DeKalb county a few years, and in 1854 or ;55, went to Talladega, and became connected with the editorial department of the " Watchtower." In 1857, he was a member of the House from DeKalb, and in 1859 was elected to the Senate from that and Marshall counties. On the commencement of hostilities between the North and South in 1861, he entered the service, and went up to the rank of Major; but before he had reached the middle of the war, or had satisfied his patriotic desires to serve the cause which he had espoused, he sickened and died, leaving to his native State the character of a brave and gallant man. Previous to the war he was elected a Brigadier-General, He died young, and unmarried.
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