Straight on vignette bust view of Howard King of Company B & I 4^th New Jersey Infantry. King wears a dark frockcoat with 2^nd lieutenants shoulder straps.

Image has good clarity and contrast. Paper and mount have light surface dirt. Bottom middle of the mount has a spot of foxing and the bottom corners of the mount have been trimmed.

Reverse has a photographer’s imprint for H. MANGER & CO’s… PHILSDELPHIA. Along one edge is an old ink ID of “HOWARD KING” and across the top in modern pencil is “4^th N.J.” ID is confirmed by other online images.

Howard King enlisted as a sergeant in Company B, 4^th New Jersey Infantry for three months service on April 27, 1861. After a quiet three months of guarding railroads he was mustered out at Trenton, New Jersey on July 31, 1861.

Upon reforming the regiment King was given a commission as 2^nd lieutenant of Company I on August 17, 1861. He was transferred to Company H after being promoted to 1^st lieutenant on October 31, 1862 and was finally made captain of Company C on April 1, 1863. King was mustered out at the expiration of his term of service on September 3, 1864.

While King was with the 4^th it saw service with the 1^st and 6^th Corps of the Army of the Potomac at Gaines’ Mill, 2^nd Bull Run, South Mountain, Fredericksburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and Winchester.  [ad]

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