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Re: Capt. Thornton's Company, VA Light Artillery

Mr. Engel,

I did a little deeper research and found that the 30th VA Infantry had an equal number of companies as did Fredericksburg / Spotsylvania Co. Spots... filled Companies, A,B,C,&D. Caroline Co. filled Companies, E [Caroline Grays] F [Bowling Green Guards] G [Chilesburg Light Infantry] and H [Sparta Grays] Stafford County had 1 Company and King George County had 1.

The 47th Infantry had two companies from Caroline. Co. E [Port Royal Guards] and Co. G (2nd Co. G. 1862) no name listed.
No Companies in 55th Infantry.

Caroline County also filled Co. B [Caroline Light Dragoons] 9th VA Cavalry. The Dragoons was founded in 1859. Many cadets from Rappahannock Academy and Military Institute joined it. I have one ancestor, Pvt. John T. Massey[great granduncle], enlisted in 1862 upon turning 18, in Co. B. 18 months later his mount was shot out from under him and he was not able to replace it. He transferred to Thornton's Company for the last 18 months of the war. He was paroled in May 1865. He lived with his grandmother at Spring Garden, one mile south of Rappahannock Academy... He attended the Academy from age 10 until he turned 18. After the war, he returned to Caroline County and died there in 1899. He is buried at Meadow Hill farm in the Massey / Farish family cemetery. His father was my GG Grandfather, John Petty Massey and his mother was Melinda Farish.

Dr. R. Massey
Arizona

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