Cary F. Grimes

He was elected Town Sergeant of Portsmouth (Va) in 1856, and Captain of the Portsmouth Artillery in 1858.

He was mortally wounded, shot from his horse as he directed his battery, on Piper's Farm on September 17. He died later that evening. He was relieved in command by Lt John H Thompson, who had been in command of one of the gun sections.

Thanks to (retired) CSM Bill Facenda for supplying Captain Grimes' photograph as published by Crew and Trask1 - originally from the Portsmouth Public Library - and for correcting his burial place. His name is also seen as Carey F. Grimes.

1829; Portsmouth, VA

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Va