Died in battle
On August 19th, 1901, in Atlanta, Wiley C. Howard, Lieutenant Commanding Co. C, Cobb Legion Cavalry, gave the following account of the battle that killed King:
The Cobb Legion gallantly charged upon that splendidly equipped battle line of dismounted Westerners, steadily advancing while their artillery, which we ought to have looked after better at the start, was playing upon our support murderously. We got within fifteen to twenty paces from their front line, our men and horses falling fast. Col. King, by whose side I happened to be, my youngest brother being on the other side, was mortally wounded, the artery of his thigh being severed. Blood spouted onto my shoulder as I leaned over to grasp him, and we held him and wheeled about, managing to take him off under a most terrific fire. My brother and Bugler Jackson afterwards buried him, taking note of the place, etc., so that after the war I was enabled to direct his brother to the spot and his remains were removed and re-interred at Roswell, where he had lived.
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Also, the book, "Fiery Dawn, the Civil War Battle at Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina" by Kane and Keeton, discussed King's death.
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Inscription:
Son of Barrington and Catherine Margaret (Nephew) King, born in Sand Hills, Liberty County, Georgia.
After four years of service in the Confederate Army, he fell at the head of his legion at Bentonville, North Carolina.
Died in battle
On August 19th, 1901, in Atlanta, Wiley C. Howard, Lieutenant Commanding Co. C, Cobb Legion Cavalry, gave the following account of the battle that killed King:
The Cobb Legion gallantly charged upon that splendidly equipped battle line of dismounted Westerners, steadily advancing while their artillery, which we ought to have looked after better at the start, was playing upon our support murderously. We got within fifteen to twenty paces from their front line, our men and horses falling fast. Col. King, by whose side I happened to be, my youngest brother being on the other side, was mortally wounded, the artery of his thigh being severed. Blood spouted onto my shoulder as I leaned over to grasp him, and we held him and wheeled about, managing to take him off under a most terrific fire. My brother and Bugler Jackson afterwards buried him, taking note of the place, etc., so that after the war I was enabled to direct his brother to the spot and his remains were removed and re-interred at Roswell, where he had lived.
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Also, the book, "Fiery Dawn, the Civil War Battle at Monroe's Crossroads, North Carolina" by Kane and Keeton, discussed King's death.
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Inscription:
Son of Barrington and Catherine Margaret (Nephew) King, born in Sand Hills, Liberty County, Georgia.
After four years of service in the Confederate Army, he fell at the head of his legion at Bentonville, North Carolina.
Family Members
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Rev Charles Barrington King
1823–1880
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Dr William Nephew King
1825–1894
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James Roswell King
1827–1897
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CPT Thomas Edward King
1829–1863
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Nephew King
1830–1841
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Susan Jones King
1832–1841
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Ralph Brown King
1835–1920
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Catherine Evelyn King Baker
1836–1923
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Joseph Henry King
1839–1917
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Clifford Alonzo King Sr
1843–1911
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Mary Isabella King
1845–1846
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