Confederate Regiments & Batteries > Virginia
“Pound Gap Battalion”
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1861
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| Fall | Organized six companies under Lieutenant Colonel Campbell Slemp and Major John B. Thompson. Assigned to the Department of Western Virginia. |
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1862
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| February 7 | Occupied defenses at Pound Gap at the summit of the Cumberland Mountains |
| March 16 |
Skirmish at Pound GapThe 21st Virginia was attacked by Union General James Garfield. Garfield had over 700 men, and after an hour long skirmish the 175 men of the battalion under Major Thompson were almost surrounded and fell back without casualties to either side. |
| July 25 | On the river near Saltsville. Captain Lorenzo Pridemore was promoted to major and then lieutenant colonel. |
| September 9 | Crossed Pound Gap over the Cumberland Mountains with a column under General Marshall that reached Lexington and Harrodsburg before returning. |
| October 24 | Marched to Virginia. |
| November 27 | Merged into the 64th Virginia Infantry Regiment |