Edward Higgins (c. 1821 – January 31, 1875) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War.

He resigned from the U.S. Navy in 1854 and became a steamship agent in the mail service between New York City and New Orleans, Louisiana.

[1][2] Edward Higgins entered the Confederate States Army on April 12, 1861, as a captain in the 1st Louisiana Artillery Regiment.

[2] Higgins resigned from this position on January 2, 1862, and on February 13, 1862, he was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 21st Louisiana Infantry Regiment.

[2][3] Having been promoted to colonel on September 26, 1862, Higgins was assigned to command of the river batteries at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

[1] After a severe flood in 1872, Higgins moved to California, where he became an agent for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.