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William King Wiggins

Birth
Clarke County, Alabama, USA
Death
17 Sep 1862 (aged 30)
Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Burial Details Unknown
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William enlisted in 1861. He was a member of a unit called the Noxubee Rifles which had been organized in the fall of that year. The following officers were elected: George T. Weir, Captain., James H. Rives, First Lieutenant, William D. Longstreet, Second Lieutenant, and T. J. Stokes, Jr.
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

William enlisted in 1861. He was a member of a unit called the Noxubee Rifles which had been organized in the fall of that year. The following officers were elected: George T. Weir, Captain., James H. Rives, First Lieutenant, William D. Longstreet, Second Lieutenant, and T. J. Stokes, Jr.
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



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