When Henry Warner Higbee was born on June 20, 1847, in Ohio, his father, Henry, was 29 and his mother, Mary Jane Franklin, was 26. He had two sisters. The family moved to Wisconsin where he enlisted with the 49th Reg Wisconsin. The 49th Wisconsin Infantry was organized between December 24, 1864, and March 5, 1865. It left for St. Louis, Missouri on March 8, 1865, just a few weeks before the war ended. It moved to Rolla, Missouri, on March 13. The regiment lost 54 men, all to disease He died as a teenager on March 30, 1865, in Rolla, Missouri, where he was initially buried and then was moved to Lemay, Missouri.
When Henry Warner Higbee was born on June 20, 1847, in Ohio, his father, Henry, was 29 and his mother, Mary Jane Franklin, was 26. He had two sisters. The family moved to Wisconsin where he enlisted with the 49th Reg Wisconsin. The 49th Wisconsin Infantry was organized between December 24, 1864, and March 5, 1865. It left for St. Louis, Missouri on March 8, 1865, just a few weeks before the war ended. It moved to Rolla, Missouri, on March 13. The regiment lost 54 men, all to disease He died as a teenager on March 30, 1865, in Rolla, Missouri, where he was initially buried and then was moved to Lemay, Missouri.
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