Civil War Years
In 1860, King and Kenedy jointly purchased a large ranch, Santa Gertrudis, jointly managing livestock, as R. King and Company. As the American Civil War progressed, King and Kenedy shipped to and from the Confederate States of America, registering their fleet of 26 boats under Mexican flag at Matamoros to avoid the Union blockade. They shipped food from their ranch, and munitions, medicine, and cotton to or from Europe. In 1863, the Union General Nathaniel Prentice Banks attempted to interrupt this trade with his forces capturing Brownsville, Texas and raiding and destroying the King Ranch, but King avoided the raid and resumed business in 1864, earning a considerable fortune over the course of the war. Following the war, King removed to Matamoros, until he was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson. As part of his application for pardon, he declared that his taxable property was worth $300,000 at the time.
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