I have done some research on the Caroline Light Artillery as my Great Granduncle, John T. Massey 1844-1899 (Port Royal, Caroline, VA) transfered into Thornton's company from Co. B 9th VA Cav. (Caroline Light Dragoons) in Oct. of 1863. His mount was killed and he was unable to replace it, so he transfered to the Arilllery. Are you related to the Massey, Farish, Holloway, or Royston families of Caroline? Pvt. John T. Massey is burried at Meadow Hill Farm, in what is known as the Massey-Farish cemetery. Did your relative attend Rapahannock Academy and Military Academy (now part of Ft. AP HIll)? Thornton was the headmaster there before the war. Many of his students joined him in the Artillery.

Bob