John Floyd King – Colonel, Confederate States of America Army

KING, John Floyd, (son of Thomas Butler King and nephew of Henry King), a Representative from Louisiana; born on St. Simons Island, off the coast of Georgia, April 20, 1842; attended  the Russell School, New Haven, Conn., Bartlett’s College Hill School, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the Military Institute of Georgia, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; enlisted in the Confederate Army and served in the Army of Virginia throughout the Civil War, attaining the rank of colonel of Artillery; moved to Louisiana and engaged in planting; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Vidalia, La.; appointed brigadier general of State troops; elected inspector of levees and president of the board of school directors of his district and also a trustee of the University of the South; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1887); chairman, Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886; engaged in mining operations, with residence in Washington, D.C.; Assistant Register of the United States Treasury from May 19, 1914, until his dKING, John Floyd, (son of Thomas Butler King and nephew of Henry King), a Representative from Louisiana; born on St. Simons Island, off the coast of Georgia, April 20, 1842; attended  the Russell School, New Haven, Conn., Bartlett’s College Hill School, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the Military Institute of Georgia, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; enlisted in the Confederate Army and served in the Army of Virginia throughout the Civil War, attaining the rank of colonel of Artillery; moved to Louisiana and engaged in planting; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Vidalia, La.; appointed brigadier general of State troops; elected inspector of levees and president of the board of school directors of his district and also a trustee of the University of the South; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1887); chairman, Committee on Levees and Improvements of the Mississippi River (Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886; engaged in mining operations, with residence in Washington, D.C.; Assistant Register of the United States Treasury from May 19, 1914, until his death in Washington,  D.C., May 8, 1915; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

KING, J FLOYD
LT COL 13TH BATTN VA LA CSA
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 05/08/1915
DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
BURIED AT: SECTION 16 CO  SITE 247-A
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Michael Robert Patterson

Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.

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