Joseph B. Boteler

Joseph B. Boteler N E M V T K Y Photo: Mrs. Blanch Laws is a direct descendant and may have photo. [Per Mrs. Burton. #] [Added to db 24 Nov 05. Asked Julia Burton about her in snail 28 Nov 05.] [Think she replied w/ letter that Mrs. Laws has passed on.] Born: Around 1841 if 20 years old in 1862.[679] Married: Died: 14 March 1880, at Marshall, Saline County, Missouri.[680] Obituary: “[This] startling announcement will carry pain to many an old comrade who served through the recent war with the deceased.” See Obituary Chapter.[681] Children: He “moved to Arkansas around 1870 and had one son. Nothing more is known about him.”[682] Parents and Siblings: Other Family: Stories, Letters & Biographies: “Who remembers that the Virginia Militia law was still in force after the war?”[683] See Stories Chapter under John Martin Porter. “One night during the Civil War Moses Green and a comrade named [Joseph] Boteler, both troopers in the celebrated Black Horse Cavalry, found themselves in the neighborhood of Oakley.”[684] See Stories Chapter under Moses Magill Green. “‘Johnny Reb; I say, J-o-h-n-n-y R-e-b, don’t shoot!’”[685] See Stories Chapter under Joseph Samuel Read. See story in Scott, Annals of the War. # [NOTE:in Source Binder—refer?] “William Keith Skinker was a farmer. But during the Civil War…”[686] See Stories Chapter under William Keith Skinker. Another story including Boteler is given at reference.[687] CSR: “Joseph S. Boteler”; dark hair, blue eyes; enlisted 25 April 1861; 20 years old; Cpl.; detailed to Provost Marshal September to October 1863; horse killed 20 June 1863 Reams’ Station; paid $2,000; paroled 18 May 1865 Winchester. Additional Information: Promoted 4th Cpl.[688] Fourth Corporal, wounded at Gaines’ Mill, June, 1862. Missouri.[689] One source lists both Joseph B. Boteler and “James S. Boteler.”[690] This is probably a mistake: “Joseph” was often abbreviated to “Jos,” which could have been misread as “Jas” and misconstrued as an abbreviation for “James.” Likewise, the cursive “B,” particularly in older styles of longhand, could be mistaken for a cursive “S” A later source also lists both “James S.” and “Joseph B.” but notes that the former appears only on a “post-war roll,” which roll is likely the aforesaid first source of this duplication. No other information for a “James S. Boteler” of Company H, Fauquier County, has been found during this research, including from local family historians. [NOTE:quote Julia Burton’s old letter here] “When he was mustered into service his horse was appraised at $2,000.00. It was killed in action with the enemy near Reams Station on the 29th of June, 1864. The paper applying for the money is dated Jany 9, 1865. On March 20, 1865, the application was still going through channels. The comptrolling office signed the application on March 22. 1865. (It was signed by J. E. Nelson.) I doubt if he got the money, but I believe the payment was approved…. At time of his parole, he was a corporal.” When paroled, age 24, complexion florid, hair dark, eyes blue.[691]