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Civil War Soldiers - King
| King, John H., brigadier-general, U.S.
Army, was born in Michigan about 1818 and was appointed 2nd lieutenant
of the 1st infantry in the regular army in 1837. He was promoted 1st
lieutenant two years later, captain in 1846 and major in May, 1861. He
was stationed in Florida and on the western frontier up to 1846, was
in Vera Cruz in 1847 and then in Texas up to the time of the Civil
war. When the war broke out he with Maj. Larkin Smith prevented the
state troops disarming the national forces, and took six companies of
the 2nd U. S. cavalry and three companies of the 1st U. S. infantry to
New York. He commanded Newport barracks, Ky., in 1861, battalions of
the 15th, 16th and 19th regiments, U. S. A., in 1862, and was engaged
with the 15th and 16th in the battle of Shiloh, advance on Corinth,
the march to the Ohio river, and the battle of Murfreesboro. He was
commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers Nov. 29, 1862, and fought
at Stone's river, where he was wounded, and at Chickamauga in Sept.,
1863, where his brigade, with that of Col. B. F. Scribner, was
overpowered by Gen. St. J. R. Liddell's division. He was also present
at the battles of Resaca, New Hope Church, Kennesaw mountain, Ruff's
station, and Peachtree and Utoy creeks, and commanded a division for
thirty days during the Atlanta campaign. He was promoted
lieutenant-colonel in June, 1863 ; colonel of the 9th U. S. infantry
in July, 1865 ; was brevetted major-general of volunteers, March 13,
1865; and in the regular army received the brevets of colonel for
gallantry at Chickamauga ; brigadier-general for conduct at Ruff's
station, and major-general for gallant and meritorious services during
the war. After the war he commanded the 9th U. S. infantry in the west
until retired in 1882. He died in Washington, D. C., April 7, 1888.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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| King, Rufus, brigadier-general, U.S.
Army, was born in New York city, Jan. 26, 1814. He was graduated at
the United States military academy in 1833 and appointed to the
engineer corps, but resigned in 1836 and became assistant engineer of
the New York & Erie railroad, a position which he relinquished in 1839
to become adjutant-general of New York. He was associate editor of the
"Albany Evening Journal" and of the Albany "Advertiser" from 1841 to
1845, when he moved to Wisconsin, where he was editor of the
"Milwaukee Sentinel" until 1861. He served also as member of the
convention that formed the state constitution, as regent of the state
university, member of the board of visitors to the U. S. military
academy in 1849, and superintendent of public schools in Milwaukee,
1849-61. He was appointed U. S. Minister to the Pontifical States in
1861 and held the appointment from March 22 to Aug. 5, but did not
serve, having offered his service to the governor of Wisconsin in the
Civil war. He was commissioned brigadier-general of state volunteers,
May 7, 1861, received his commission in the U. S. volunteer service
ten days later and served in the defence of Washington from May, 1861,
to March, 1862. He commanded a division at Fredericksburg, Groveton,
and Manassas, was a member of the commission to try Gen. Fitz-John
Porter, was then on waiting orders until March, 1863, and afterwards
was in command of Yorktown, Va., and subsequently of a division at
Fairfax Court House, Va., until compelled by failing health to resign,
Oct. 20, 1863. Gen. King was then U. S. minister resident at Rome
until July 1, 1867, and deputy collector of customs at the port of New
York after that until 1869, when he retired from public life. He died
in New York city, Oct. 13, 1876.
Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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