History of the original King’s Battery This company organized as
Co. “D”, 14th Georgia Artillery Battalion, Captain Elzaphon R.
King, April 21, 1862. Officers and men came from Cedartown, Van
Wert and other parts of Polk County GA. The first company roll
is dated Camp Golgotha near Griffin GA, May 31, 1862. The
company was still there on July 1, 1862. The station changed to
Camp Randolph near Calhoun GA by the end of August 1862, where
King's Battery remained as late as October 6th. While at Camp
Randolph, Capt. King drew rations for 54 horses, enough for nine
six-horse teams. That suggests that his company was equipped
with four guns, four caissons and a battery wagon. Shortly after
the army returned from Kentucky, the battalion reported to camp
at Murfreesboro TN. It was included with the army’s reserve
artillery on November 27, 1862. About the same time officers and
men of Company ”F”, 14th Georgia Artillery Battalion, Capt.
James G. Gibson, were reassigned to King’s Company “D”. Capt.
Gibson resigned his