This officer, when his captain was wounded, succeeded to the command of two batteries while engaged against a superior force of the enemy and fought his guns most gallantly until compelled to retire.
Place and date: At White Oak Swamp Bridge, Va., June 30, 1862. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, 4th U.S. On March 22, 1898, the United States Army finally awarded King the Medal of Honor for his actions at White Oak Swamp. The Medal of Honor File:King 1LT Rufus Jr Batteries A&C 4th US Arty SEP 63 detail from LC-B817-7341.jpg Artillery, when his commander was wounded.Īt the end of the war, King was breveted major for conduct during the war, but would have to wait until 1869 to receive his permanent promotion to captain. If you see your name among the Rufus King High School graduates, someone is looking for you Register to let other graduates of Rufus King High School find and contact you. Black and white photograph of Rice University Owls football player Rufus King, class of 1961, headlining his achievement into the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame. The names listed below are alumni who have been searched for on this site from Rufus King High Schoolin Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During that fight, King ranked only as a section chief, but took command of combined Batteries A & C, 4th U.S. Rufus King High School Alumni Class List. Lieutenant King was awarded one brevet promotion (to captain) for his bravery during the Seven Days Battles, in actions at the Battle of White Oak Swamp, on June 30, 1862. He served in the Army of the Potomac throughout the war, eventually commanding (from 1864) Battery A, 4th U.S. He acquired a direct commission as a first lieutenant in the regular U.S.
Such a qualification was proposed in Convention, but by the delegates of Massachusetts, it was contested that it should not obtain.
King said that gentlemen had made it a question, why a qualification of property in a representative is omitted. The younger King entered the army as a private in Company F, 7th New York Militia, serving a three-month enlistment from April to June 1861. Rufus King in the Massachusetts Convention (January 17, 1788) January 17, 1788. His great-grandfather was Rufus King, who was one of the signers of the United States Constitution Military career Born in New York City, Rufus King, Jr., was the son of Rufus King, a graduate of the United States Military Academy, Class of 1833, and brigadier general during the Civil War, and the brother of Charles King, who was a military commander in the Philippine-American War.
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