Charles King served during the Civil War in Co. A, 25th OVI enlisting 6/5/1861; wounded 12/12/1861 at Camp Allegheny, Summit, WV.; promoted to Cpl. on 1/6/1862 then transfered to Co. G on 1/24/1863; wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg on 7/1/1863; promoted to 1st Lieut. and trensfered into Co. K on 3/15/1864.
Belmont Chronicle, December 13, 1866, page 3.
Obituary – Lieut. Charles H. King.
Lieut. Charles H. King, died at the residence of his father, Philip King, Esq., in Wayne township, on the 2d inst., of pulmonary disease, induced by a wound in the breast.
Lieut. King enlisted in the 25th Infantry the Spring of '61 and served in the front until he was severely wounded four times, the last time being shot through the breast on the immortal field of Gettysburgh. In 1864 Lieut. King was nominated by the Union party of Belmont County for the office of Sheriff; but our people, to their shame be it said, preferred a stay-at-home Copperhead to the crippled hero of a score of battles. After the war closed Lieut. King went South and engaged in business at Augusta, Ga. His wound troubled him greatly,and probably induced the fell disease which carried him away. Consumption marked him as a victim. He left Augusta and sought to restore his shattered health amid the orange groves of Florida, but, alas! there was no relief, and he wearily turned his eyes homeward – to die! He arrived at home in October, and was permitted to die among kindred and friends. He was a true patriot and a promising young man. Peace to his ashes.
Belmont Chronicle, December 13, 1866, page 3.
Obituary – Lieut. Charles H. King.
Lieut. Charles H. King, died at the residence of his father, Philip King, Esq., in Wayne township, on the 2d inst., of pulmonary disease, induced by a wound in the breast.
Lieut. King enlisted in the 25th Infantry the Spring of '61 and served in the front until he was severely wounded four times, the last time being shot through the breast on the immortal field of Gettysburgh. In 1864 Lieut. King was nominated by the Union party of Belmont County for the office of Sheriff; but our people, to their shame be it said, preferred a stay-at-home Copperhead to the crippled hero of a score of battles. After the war closed Lieut. King went South and engaged in business at Augusta, Ga. His wound troubled him greatly,and probably induced the fell disease which carried him away. Consumption marked him as a victim. He left Augusta and sought to restore his shattered health amid the orange groves of Florida, but, alas! there was no relief, and he wearily turned his eyes homeward – to die! He arrived at home in October, and was permitted to die among kindred and friends. He was a true patriot and a promising young man. Peace to his ashes.
Charles King served during the Civil War in Co. A, 25th OVI enlisting 6/5/1861; wounded 12/12/1861 at Camp Allegheny, Summit, WV.; promoted to Cpl. on 1/6/1862 then transfered to Co. G on 1/24/1863; wounded during the Battle of Gettysburg on 7/1/1863; promoted to 1st Lieut. and trensfered into Co. K on 3/15/1864.
Belmont Chronicle, December 13, 1866, page 3.
Obituary – Lieut. Charles H. King.
Lieut. Charles H. King, died at the residence of his father, Philip King, Esq., in Wayne township, on the 2d inst., of pulmonary disease, induced by a wound in the breast.
Lieut. King enlisted in the 25th Infantry the Spring of '61 and served in the front until he was severely wounded four times, the last time being shot through the breast on the immortal field of Gettysburgh. In 1864 Lieut. King was nominated by the Union party of Belmont County for the office of Sheriff; but our people, to their shame be it said, preferred a stay-at-home Copperhead to the crippled hero of a score of battles. After the war closed Lieut. King went South and engaged in business at Augusta, Ga. His wound troubled him greatly,and probably induced the fell disease which carried him away. Consumption marked him as a victim. He left Augusta and sought to restore his shattered health amid the orange groves of Florida, but, alas! there was no relief, and he wearily turned his eyes homeward – to die! He arrived at home in October, and was permitted to die among kindred and friends. He was a true patriot and a promising young man. Peace to his ashes.
Belmont Chronicle, December 13, 1866, page 3.
Obituary – Lieut. Charles H. King.
Lieut. Charles H. King, died at the residence of his father, Philip King, Esq., in Wayne township, on the 2d inst., of pulmonary disease, induced by a wound in the breast.
Lieut. King enlisted in the 25th Infantry the Spring of '61 and served in the front until he was severely wounded four times, the last time being shot through the breast on the immortal field of Gettysburgh. In 1864 Lieut. King was nominated by the Union party of Belmont County for the office of Sheriff; but our people, to their shame be it said, preferred a stay-at-home Copperhead to the crippled hero of a score of battles. After the war closed Lieut. King went South and engaged in business at Augusta, Ga. His wound troubled him greatly,and probably induced the fell disease which carried him away. Consumption marked him as a victim. He left Augusta and sought to restore his shattered health amid the orange groves of Florida, but, alas! there was no relief, and he wearily turned his eyes homeward – to die! He arrived at home in October, and was permitted to die among kindred and friends. He was a true patriot and a promising young man. Peace to his ashes.
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