Virginia: Portsmouth Light Artillery Battery
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Unit History
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Organized at Portsmouth, Norfolk County, in 1808.
Mustered into Confederate service for one year on April 20, 1861.
Reorganized on April 1, 1862.
Disbanded and the men were transferred to the Norfolk Artillery Battery and to the Lynchburg "Beauregard Rifles" Artillery Battery on October 4, 1862, per S.O. #209, Headquarters, Army of Northern Virginia
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Field and Staff
- Commander: Carey F. Grimes (Captain)
- Captain: John H. Thompson
Assignments
- July 1861-April 1862: Artillery Battalion, Department of Norfolk
- April 1862: Mahone's Brigade, Department of Norfolk
- April-July 1862: Mahone's Brigade, Huger's-R.H. Anderson's Division, Army of Northern Virginia
- July-October 1862: Artillery Battalion, R.H. Anderson's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
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