Rufus King Jr.
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Rufus King Jr. was an artillery officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, and a Medal of Honor recipient.
King after the American Civil War
King during the American Civil War
Rufus King
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Rufus King was an American Founding Father, lawyer, politician, and diplomat. He was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress and the Philadelphia Convention and was one of the signer
Rufus King Jr.
…general during the Civil War, and the brother of Charles King, who was a military commander in the Philippine–American War. His great-grandfather was Rufus King, who was one of the signers of the United States Constitution. The younger King entered the army as a private in Company F, 7th New York Militia, serving…
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1820
Portrait by John Trumbull, c. 1800
King's 1825 nomination to be minister to Great Britain
Statue of King in his Jamaica, Queens, library