Levi's Battery, Light Artillery, Thomas' North Carolina Legion


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 * === Brief History ===
 * Organized with seven companies between July and October 1862. 1st Companies D and F became Companies I and H, respectively of the Infantry Regiment on September 27, 1862. 2nd companies D, E, nd F and G organized in September 1862. Mustered into Confederate service at Knoxville, Tennessee on October 1, 1862. Three companies, tennessee cavalry, were detached by December 1862. It surrendered in May 1865.&lt;ref name="sifakis"&gt;Sifakis, Stewart. Comendium of The confederate Armies: North Carolina. Facts On file New York - Oxford 1992.&lt;/ref&gt;
 * "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.&lt;ref name="cwss"&gt;National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, (accessed 6 December 2010).&lt;/ref&gt;
 * === Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin ===
 * Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.
 * Company A - many men from Cherokee County
 * Company B - many men from Cherokee County
 * Company C - many men from Blount County, Tennessee
 * 1st Company D - many men from Blount County, Tennessee
 * 2nd Company D - many men from Jefferson County, Knox County, Grainger County and Union County, Tennessee
 * Company E - many men from Cherokee County and Clay County
 * Company F - many men from Blount County, Tennessee
 * Company G - many men from Jefferson County and Cocke County, Tennessee
 * Company H - many men from Cherokee County, North Carolina and Monroe County Tennessee&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Information about the companies and their rosters are in Manarin and Jordan, North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster.&lt;ref name="manarin"&gt;Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth T. Jordan. North Carolina Troops 1861-1865 A Roster. Vol 16. Raleigh, N.C.: State Dept. of Archives and History, 1966. &lt;/ref&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
 * === Other Sources ===
 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.
 * === References ===
 * &lt;references /&gt;
 * Levi's Battery, Light Artillery, Thomas' North Carolina Legion "Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.