Third Lieutenant. On April 30, 1861, the Noxubee Rifles left for the war. They were the first company to leave, They went to Corinth, Mississippi where the 11th MS Reg. was formed.
William went up through the ranks reaching 2nd Lieut. He was killed in the Battle of Antietam at Sharpsburg on September 17, 1862. There is a monument standing on the Noxubee County Courthouse Square in Macon, Mississippi that is dedicated to those of that county that died in, or of wounds received in, the Civil War. William is listed on the monument twice, once as King Wiggins, and once as W. K. Wiggins. His brother, John Rufus Wiggins is also listed as Jno Wiggins. Another brother, Joseph Alanzo, was also killed, but his name was inadvertently left off the monument. William was probably buried in a mass grave on the Antietam Battle field.
-Bio researched and submitted by Strain Hilton Armstrong
Third Lieutenant. On April 30, 1861, the Noxubee Rifles left for the war. They were the first company to leave, They went to Corinth, Mississippi where the 11th MS Reg. was formed.
William went up through the ranks reaching 2nd Lieut. He was killed in the Battle of Antietam at Sharpsburg on September 17, 1862. There is a monument standing on the Noxubee County Courthouse Square in Macon, Mississippi that is dedicated to those of that county that died in, or of wounds received in, the Civil War. William is listed on the monument twice, once as King Wiggins, and once as W. K. Wiggins. His brother, John Rufus Wiggins is also listed as Jno Wiggins. Another brother, Joseph Alanzo, was also killed, but his name was inadvertently left off the monument. William was probably buried in a mass grave on the Antietam Battle field.
-Bio researched and submitted by Strain Hilton Armstrong
Family Members
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Leonidas Nicholson Wiggins
1827–1897
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Addie Hoskins Wiggins Gordon
1829–1850
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John Rufus Wiggins
1834–1862
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Joseph Alanzo Wiggins
1836–1862
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Thomas Jefferson Wiggins
1839–1875
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Carrie Louisa Wiggins Greer
1841–1902
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George Washington Wiggins
1848–1849
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Elizabeth Alma "Bettie" Wiggins
1854–1898
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Alex Wilson Wiggins
1858–1932
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Robert Hale "B.H." Wiggins
1863–1909
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