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Henry Lord Page “Lordy” King

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Henry Lord Page “Lordy” King

Birth
Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia, USA
Death
13 Dec 1862 (aged 31)
Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia, USA
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Lordy was the son of the Honorable Thomas Butler King and Anna Matilda Page King. He attended Yale and Harvard Law School, and was a lawyer in Savannah for several years before the Civil War and witnessed the fall of Harper's Ferry. He was the aide-de-camp of Major General Lafayette McLaws, who commanded a division of the C.S.A. soldiers. On Dec 13, 1862, he volunteered to hand carry orders to Brigadier General Cobb. The story goes that he was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, and his body was found by his life long friend and personal body-servant, Neptune Small, who placed him in the finest pine box to be found, and returned him to Georgia where he was buried in Savannah. After the war ended he was returned to his family at Retreat Plantation on St. Simons Island, Georgia and was then buried next to his mother Anna.
Lordy was the son of the Honorable Thomas Butler King and Anna Matilda Page King. He attended Yale and Harvard Law School, and was a lawyer in Savannah for several years before the Civil War and witnessed the fall of Harper's Ferry. He was the aide-de-camp of Major General Lafayette McLaws, who commanded a division of the C.S.A. soldiers. On Dec 13, 1862, he volunteered to hand carry orders to Brigadier General Cobb. The story goes that he was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg, and his body was found by his life long friend and personal body-servant, Neptune Small, who placed him in the finest pine box to be found, and returned him to Georgia where he was buried in Savannah. After the war ended he was returned to his family at Retreat Plantation on St. Simons Island, Georgia and was then buried next to his mother Anna.

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  • Created by: Mz Fish
  • Added: Jun 20, 2010
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53903943/henry_lord_page-king: accessed ), memorial page for Henry Lord Page “Lordy” King (25 Apr 1831–13 Dec 1862), Find a Grave Memorial ID 53903943, citing Christ Church Episcopal Cemetery, Saint Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Mz Fish (contributor 46622368).