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Confederate (CSV)

Private

James A. Otey

(c. 1846 - ?)

Home State: Virginia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 15th Virginia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He was in Company A. Enlisted in 1862 at age 16.

On the Campaign

He was captured in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Discharged later in 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Southern Historical Society1.

Birth

c. 1846

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]