King, Charles

1844 - 1933

Goshen County

Biographical and Professional Information

General Charles King served in the Civil War as a teenager for the Iron Brigade under his father, Brigadier General Rufus King of the Wisconsin Volunteers. He graduated from West Point to receive his U.S. Army commission in 1866. He was a lieutenant in the 5th Cavalry, serving under General George Crook, with whom he saw active duty in Arizona and the Northern Plains states. There King became friends with William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody. He served for five years at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. In 1876, he witnessed Cody's famous duel with the Cheyenne warrior Yellow Hand. Later, King taught military science and tactics at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Genres

Autobiography or Biography
Fiction
History
Nonfiction
Wyoming Subjects

Titles

• Indian Campaigns: Sketches of cavalry service in Arizona and on the northern plains (1984). Ft. Collins, CO: Old Army Press. ISBN: 0883420635. Edited by Harry Anderson.

• Summit Springs (1984). Ft. Collins, CO: Old Army Press. ISBN: (?). Edited by Harry Anderson.

• Memories of a Busy Life (1922). Madison, WI: Wisconsin State Historical Society. ISBN: (?).

• The True Ulysses S. Grant (1914). Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott. ISBN: (?).

• Lanier of the Cavalry, or, A week's arrest (1909). Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott. ISBN: (?). Illustrations by Frank McKernan.

• To the Front: A sequel to Cadet Days (1908). New York: Harper and Brothers. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by Frederic Remington.

• The Rock of Chickamauga (1907). New York: G. W. Dillingham. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by Gilbert Gaul and Chas Post.

• Adventures of Uncle Sam's Soldiers (1907). New York: Harper & Brothers. ISBN: (?).

• Boys Book of the Army (1907). New York: Harper & Brothers. ISBN: (?).

• Captured: The story of Sandy Ray (1906). New York: R. F. Fenno & company. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by William EB Starkweather.

• Tonio: Son of the Sierras: A story of the Apache War (1906). New York: G.W. Dillingham Company. ISBN: (?).

• The Medal of Honor: A story of peace and war (1905). New York: The H.B. Claflin Company. ISBN: (?). Illustrations by George Gibbs and Edwin Willard Deming.

• A Soldier's Trial: An episode of the canteen crusade (1905). New York: The Hobart Company. ISBN: (?).

• Great Battles of History: From Waterloo, A.D. 1815 to Port Arthur and Mukden, A.D. 1905, vol. 2 (1905). Philadelphia, PA: P.W. Ziegler. ISBN: (?).

• Great Battles of History: From Marathon, B.C. 490 to Auerstadt, A.D. 1806, vol. 1 (1905). Philadelphia, PA: P.W. Ziegler. ISBN: (?).

• A Broken Sword: A tale of the civil war (1905). New York: Grosset and Dunlap. ISBN: (?).

• A Knight of Columbia: A story of the war (1904). New York: The Hobart Company. ISBN: (?). Illustrations by George Gibbs.

• Comrades in Arms: A tale of two hemispheres (1904). New York: Grosset & Dunlap. ISBN: (?). Illustrations by George Gibbs and Edwin Willard Deming.

• An Apache Princess: A tale of the Indian frontier (1903). New York: Hobart Co. ISBN: (?). Illustrations by Frederic Remington and Edwin Willard Deming.

• The Iron Brigade: A story of the Army of the Potomac (1902). New York: G.W. Dillingham Co. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum.

• A Daughter of the Sioux (1902). New York: The Hobart Co. ISBN: (?). Illustrations by Frederic Remington and Edwin Willard Deming.

• The Way of the West (1902). Chicago, IL: Rand, McNally. ISBN: (?).

• From the Ranks (1901). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company. ISBN: (?).

• Norman Holt: A story of the Army of the Cumberland (1901). New York: G.W. Dillingham Company. ISBN: (?). Illustrations by John Huybers and Seymour Stone.

• In Spite of Foes, or, Ten years' trial (1901). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott company. ISBN: (?).

• A Conquering Corps Badge, and Other Stories of the Philippines by General Charles King (1901). Milwaukee, WI: L.A. Rhodes & Co. ISBN: (?). Illustrations by Alida Goodwin, B Martin Justice and Stuart Travis.

• Ray's Daughter: A story of Manila (1900). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott. ISBN: (?).

• Found in the Philippines: The story of a woman's letters (1899). New York: F. Tennyson Neely. ISBN: (?).

• A Trooper Galahad (1898). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott. ISBN: (?).

• From School to Battlefield: A story of the war days (1898). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by Violet Oakley and Charles Stephens.

• A Wounded Name (1898). New York: F. Tennyson Neely. ISBN: (?).

• Ray's Recruit (1898). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by Violet Oakley.

• The General's Double: A story of the Army of the Potomac (1897). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by J Steeple Davis.

• Warrior Gap: A story of the Sioux outbreak of '68 (1897). New York: F. Tennyson Neely. ISBN: (?).

• Trumpeter Fred: A story of the plains (1896). New York: F. Tennyson Neely. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by George Willard Bonte.

• Trooper Ross and Signal Butte (1896). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by Charles Stephens.

• A Tame Surrender: A story of the Chicago strike (1896). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by Eleanor Plaisted.

• Trials of a Staff-officer (1896). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?).

• A Garrison Tangle (1896). New York: F. Tennyson Neely. ISBN: (?).

• Captain Close and Sergeant Croesus (1895). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?).

• Rancho del Muerto, and Other Stories from Outing (1895). New York: Outing. ISBN: (?).

• Under Fire (1894). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by CB Cox.

• Captain Dreams, and Other Stories (Editor) (1895). New York: Grosset & Dunlap. ISBN: (?).

• Fort Frayne (1895). New York: F. Tennyson Neely. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by Clarence Underwood.

• An Army Wife (1895). New York: F. Tennyson Neely. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by Clarence Underwood.

• Cadet Days: A story of West Point (1894). New York: Harper. ISBN: (?).

• An Initial Experience, and Other Stories (Editor) (1894). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?).

• Waring's Peril (1893). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?).

• A Soldier's Secret: A story of the Sioux war of 1890 (1892). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?).

• Foes in Ambush (1892). New York: Grosset & Dunlap. ISBN: (?).

• The Colonel's Christmas Dinner, and By land and sea (Editor) (1892). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?).

• Captain Blake (1891). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?). Illustrations by AF Harmer.

• Sunset Pass, or, Running the gauntlet through Apache land (1890). New York: American Publishers Corp. ISBN: (?).

• Starlight Ranch, and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier (1890). New York: Grosset & Dunlap. ISBN: (?).

• "Laramie", or, The Queen of Bedlam: A story of the Sioux War of 1876 (1889). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?).

• A War-time Wooing: A story (1888). New York: Harper & Bros. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum.

• Dunraven Ranch (1888). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?).

• Between the Lines: A story of the war (1888). New York: Harper & Bros. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by Gilbert Gaul.

• The Deserter (1887). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?).

• Marion's Faith (1887). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?). Illustrations by AF Harmer.

• Kitty's Conquest (1884). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?).

• Famous and Decisive Battles of the World, or, History from the battle-field (1882). Philadelphia, PA: J.C. McCurdy & Co. ISBN: (?).

• The Colonel's Daughter, or, Winning his spurs (1882). Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott & Co. ISBN: (?).

• Campaigning with Crook: And stories of army life (1880). Milwaukee, WI: Sentinel. ISBN: (?). Illustrated by Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum.

• Harper's Young People (1879). New York: Harper & Bros. ISBN: (?).

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