The Face of Charley King
May 12, 2023
Almost twenty years ago when I was a Boy Scout in troop 51, a member of the Sons of Union Veterans came to us with Charley’s story—how he begged his parents to let him join the army; how family friend Capt. Benjamin Sweney convinced them to let Charley play drums for his Company; how Charley was killed at Antietam; and how to this day the location of his final resting place remains unknown…
