Life span: 11/18/1834 to 11/14/1919TabsLife SummaryFull name: Henry Lee HigginsonPlace of Birth: New York, NYBurial Place: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MABirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateNo. of Siblings: 4No. of Spouses: 1Family: George Higginson (father), Mary Cabot Lee Higginson (mother), Ida Agassiz (wife), Louis Agassiz (father-in-law), Thomas Wentworth Higginson (cousin)Education: HarvardOccupation: MilitaryBusinessmanRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderMilitary: Union Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 06/17/1863 06/17/1863 In Virginia, future founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra left for dead on the battlefield Documents Author Docs Date Title 06/17/1863 Recollection by Henry Lee Higginson of the Battle of Aldie, June 17, 1863 Images Henry Lee Higginson, 1855 Henry Lee Higginson, 1855, detail Henry Lee Higginson, 1863 Henry Lee Higginson, 1863, detail Henry Lee Higginson Henry Lee Higginson, detail Bibliography