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Confederate BatteryGrimes' Portsmouth (VA) BatteryDisbanded/Mustered out on 10/4/1862 | |||||||||||
| Commanding Officers: Capt. Cary F. Grimes Lt. John H. Thompson | Arms: 3 Naval Howitzer 1 10-pdr. Parrott Map Showing this Unit: Detail Map #7: Richardson's Division Attacks the Sunken Road Battlefield Tablets for this Unit: Tablet #386: Anderson's Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 1 PM Tablet #344: Anderson's Division, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 5 PM Tablet #380: Suanders' Artillery Battalion, Anderson's Division - 17 Sep, 9 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM This Battery's Chain of Command: Army - Army of Northern Virginia Corps - Longstreet's Command Division - Anderson's Division Brigade - Anderson's Division Artillery | ||||||||||
 In the Antietam Campaign: The battery was engaged from positions near the Piper's stone barn on September 17th. Capt Grimes was mortally wounded in action there. The remainder of the War: The battery was disbanded by special order on October 4, 1862.
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