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Federal (USA)

Lieutenant

John S. Bootes

(1833 - 1891)

Home State: District Of Columbia

Command Billet: Company officer

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 12th United States Infantry, Second Battalion

Before Antietam

In 1860 he was a 26 year old steam engineer living with his parents in Georgetown, DC. He was appointed 1st Lieutenant, 12th US Infantry on 14 May 1861.

On the Campaign

He was with the Battalion on the Campaign; they were in reserve at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He resigned his commission on 7 February 1863.

After the War

By 1880 he was a store clerk in Oconee, Shelby County, IL.

References & notes

His service from Heitman1 and Henry.2 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

11/05/1833; Washington, DC

Death

02/06/1891; burial in Oconee Mound Cemetery, Oconee, IL

Notes

1 Heitman, Francis Bernard, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army 1789-1903, 2 volumes, Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1903, Vol. 1, pg. 230 [AotW citation 29053]

2 Henry, Guy Vernor, Military Record of Civilian Appointments in the United States Army, 2 Volumes, New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1873, Vol. 1, pg. 254 [AotW citation 29054]

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