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=Generals:= King was appointed by president abraham lincoln as Minister to the papal states in 1861. On his way to rome when the Civil War broke out, he took a leave of absence to come to the defense of his country. He was appointed a brigadier general of the Wisconsin militia on April 15, 1861, and of U.S. volunteers on May 17, and was given authorization to raise a Wisconsin regiment King succeeded in organizing the beginning of what came to be known as the famous iron brigade