Virginia's Portsmouth Light Artillery

Brief History

• Organized during April 1861 and for a time served in the 3rd Regiment Virginia Infantry.
• Later it transferred to the artillery and fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from Williamsburg to Sharpsburg.
• In October 1862, the battery was broken up and the men assigned to Huger's-Moore's and Moorman's-Shoemaker's Battery.
• It was commanded by Captains Carey F. Grimes and John H. Thompson.
• AKA - Thompson's Company, Virginia Light Artillery

Companies

• The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 182 men on its roster for Thompson's Company, Virginia Light Artillery.