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Oliver Caswell King

 

Basic Information

Name
Oliver Caswell King
Birth
04 AUG 1842
Wahington County, Virginia
Death
1893
Morristown, Hamblen, Tennessee, USA
Time In Service
From: Not Specified
To: Not Specified

Affiliation

Allegiance
United States of America
Branch of Service
Not Specified
Rank
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Unit(s)
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Specialty
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Current Status
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Service Record

War
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Battle(s)
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Honors & Awards

Award(s)
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King's Service in the Confederate Army

Bristol historian Bud Phillips wrote a nice story of King's service in the Bristol, TN, paper. He called him Oliver Cromwell King, not Caswell. His service record at Fold3 lists him as O.C. King with service in the 61st TN Mounted Infantry being enrolled at Zollicoffer 10 November 1862 for 34 years. There is no record at Fold3 of service in the 19th TN. In the book "Old Nineteenth Tennessee regiment, C.S.A. June, 1861-April, l865 (1902)" there is no listing for any King name Oliver or O.C.

As for the difference in names, the name Cromwell is a likely name for a Calvinistic Presbyterian, as the Kings were, to give to a child. However, the preponderance of the evidence goes to the family trees calling him Caswell.

Here is the link to Phillips' article: http://www.tricities.com/news/article_4e5a538e-91c0-55df-8e62-d133dd1c7a48.html

CALVIN1517 added this on 29 Nov 2013