James A. Otey

(c. 1846 - )
Home State: Virginia
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 15th Virginia Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
He was in Company A. Enlisted in 1862 at age 16.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He was captured in action on 17 September 1862.

The remainder of the War:
Discharged later in 1862.

References, Sources, and other notes:
Basic information from Southern Historical Society1.

Notes

1 From an annotated roster of Company A, 15th Virginia Infantry by Captain M.W. Hazlewood, published originally in the Richmond Dispatch of 19 August 1894.
Southern Historical Society, and Rev. John William Jones, Robert Alonzo Brock, James Power Smith, editors, Southern Historical Society Papers, 52 Vols., Richmond: Southern Historical Society, 1876-1959, Vol. 21, pp. 48 - 54 [AotW citation 8865]

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