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Jehiel Higgins
d.30 Nov 1864 Franklin, Williamson, Tennessee, United States
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m. 17 Mar 1836
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Mustered into Company "C" 125th OH Infantry. Killed at Franklin,Tennessee. The site of the Franklin Battlefield is located in the southern part of Franklin, Tennessee, on U.S. 31. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960. The Battle of Franklin was fought on November 30, 1864, as part of the Franklin–Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. It was one of the worst disasters of the war for the Confederate States Army. Confederate Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee conducted numerous frontal assaults against fortified positions occupied by the Union forces under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield and was unable to break through or to prevent Schofield from a planned, orderly withdrawal to Nashville. References
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