CPT Henry Lord Page King (1831-1862)

CPT Henry Lord Page King Veteran

Birth

25 Apr 1831

Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia, USA

Death

13 Dec 1862 (aged 31)

Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA

Burial

Laurel Grove Cemetery North

Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA Add to Map

Plot

Lot 1025 - Space 10

Memorial ID

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After the War

Originally buried in Savannah, GA, his remains were reinterred in St. Simons after the war.

see also MEMORIAL ID 53903943 in another cemetery

added by Jay Clifton :

After graduating from law school in 1855, he studied and practiced in Savannah and also spent "considerable time" in New York City where he "read the law". He served in the 10th Georgia Infantry, Colonel Lafayette McLaws, commanding, and Read's Battery (Pulaski Artillery) in 1861. He was appointed Lieutenant and Ordnance Officer to Brigadier General McLaws about August 1861 and was acting aide-de-camp (ADC) by May 1862. He was formally commissioned ADC 7 July 1862 and promoted to Captain, date not given.

On the Campaign

He was on the Maryland Campaign on General McLaws' staff. After Sharpsburg the General reported:

To Captain King and Lieutenant Tucker, aides-de-camp ... I am indebted for their zeal and activity; their gallantry was conspicuous in the performance of their duties.

The rest of the War

He was killed in action while ADC to General McLaws at Fredericksburg, VA on 13 December 1862.

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Added by Contributor # 49326455

photo is not of King, but of Henry Wirz, Commandant of Andersonville Prison