King, Rufus, Jr.

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Defender of Carlisle, July, 1863
Full name
Rufus King Jr.
Place of Birth
New York, NY
Burial Place
Union County, NJ
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Siblings
1
No. of Spouses
1
Family
Rufus King (father), Susan McCown Eliot King (mother), Maria Williamson (wife) 
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
Union Army
US military (Post-Civil War)
Date Event
- Around Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, Confederate advance units skirmish with Union troops defending Harrisburg
The final action in the defense of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania takes place at Sporting Hill
Shells from General J.E.B. Stuart's horse artillery rain down on Carlisle in an evening bombardment
Major General W.F. Smith's Union troops arrive in Carlisle, Pennsylvania to an enthusiastic welcome
Date Title
Recollection by C. Stuart Patterson of the Union defense of Carlisle, July 1, 1863
- Recollection in 1864 of the Shelling of Carlisle, July 1, 1863 by George Wood Wingate
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