Wilburn Hill King, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Confederate States Army Colonel
Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1839
Place of Birth: Culloden, Georgia, United States
Date of Death: 12-Dec-1910
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Wilburn Hill King
- Wilburn Hill King (June 10, 1839 – December 12, 1910) was a Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War (Civil War).
- He was assigned to duty as a brigadier general by General E.
- Kirby Smith but he was not officially appointed and confirmed to that grade. King had been a lawyer and businessman in Warrensburg, Missouri at the outbreak of the Civil War.
- He promptly enlisted in the pro–Confederate Missouri State Guard.
- After being wounded at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, he was discharged and returned to Texas.
- There he enlisted as a private in the 18th Texas Infantry Regiment.
- In October 1861, he served as major and quartermaster of the division of Texas regiments which was being formed at that time.
- On May 13, 1862, he was elected major of the regiment.
- He progressed to lieutenant colonel and colonel in 1863. On April 8, 1864, King's regiment, as part of Major General John G.
- Walker's division, helped rout three Union Army divisions at the Battle of Mansfield, where he was severely wounded.
- On April 16, 1864, General E.
- Kirby Smith, as the Confederate commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department, assigned King to duty as a brigadier general.
- The Confederate government took no action on the appointment and Confederate President Jefferson Davis did not officially appoint and nominate King to the rank of brigadier general.
- By the end of the war, King had acted as a general officer, leading brigades, and briefly Walker's division, for more than a year, but had not been legally promoted to a general officer's grade.After fleeing to Mexico at the end of the war, and then operating a sugar plantation in Central America, King returned to Texas where he practiced law, was the mayor of Sulphur Springs, Texas, was a state representative and was Adjutant General of Texas from 1881 to 1891.
- After he retired as adjutant general, he concentrated on the affairs of the Masonic Order.
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