Higginbotham was Chief Surgeon and Medical Director of the prison hospitals in Richmond, and later a surgeon to Lane's brigade, Thirty-Third North Carolina.
About C.S.A. Surgeon E.G. Higginbotham From Various Websites
http://www.mdgorman.com/Written_Accounts /Enquirer/1861/richmond_enquirer,_10_5_18611.htm
http://www.m dgorman.com/Written_Accounts/Enquirer/1861/richmond_en quirer,_11_18_1861.htm
http://www.mdgorman.com/Written_Accounts /Dispatch/1861/richmond_dispatch,_12_5_1861.htm
http://www.md gorman.com/Written_Accounts/Enquirer/1862/richmond_enq uirer,_4_19_1862.htm
http://www.md gorman.com/Written_Accounts/Enquirer/1861/richmond_enq uirer,_9_26_1861.htm
http://www.mdgorman .com/Written_Accounts/NYC_Papers/new_york_herald,_1_6_ 1862.htm
http://www.md gorman.com/Written_Accounts/Dispatch/1862/richmond_dis patch,_4_10_1862.htm
http://www.md gorman.com/Written_Accounts/Dispatch/1862/richmond_dis patch,_6_2_18626.htm
http://www.m dgorman.com/Written_Accounts/Dispatch/1862/richmond_di spatch,_7_21_18627.htm
http://www.md gorman.com/Written_Accounts/Enquirer/1862/richmond_enq uirer,_9_29_1862.htm
From the Medical & Surgical History of the War of The Rebellion.
From the Southern Journals and Various Confederate Correspondence.
Edward Garrigues Higginbotham Matriculation History
L.H. Metcalf was a private in the 11th New York Infantry Regiment which consisted of Ellsworth Zouaves, First Fire Zouaves, First Regiment New York Zouaves, and the U.S. National Guards.
L.H. Metcalf Leg Amputation by Gibson and Peachy, C.S.A., who were Confederate surgeons. The date, July 21, was the Battle of Bull Run and probably is where Metcalf was wounded. The 2 dates of operation, July 21,26, more than likely were on the battlefield and then the prison hospital respectively. Gibson being the battlefield surgeon with Peachy being the hospital surgeon.
From the Journal of Alfred Ely, Richmond Union Prisoner of War, 1862, listing Metcalf as a prisoner there. If you click on THIS LINK you can view the book online and seach the text for Higginbotham.
