BOTT, JOSEPH WILLIAM: Pvt., Co. E, 42nd Va. Inf. Born Va. 2/44. Living, age 8, Roanoke County, 1850. 1860 cen., age 18, farm laborer, Salem P.O., Roanoke County. Prewar farmer. Enl. 6/4/61 at Salem, Roanoke County. Present in unit, sick in camp, 8/31/61. Present in unit 10/31/61. Hospitalized, sick, at Bath Alum Springs by 12/31/61 when absent from unit. Hospitalized, sick, Rockbridge Alum Springs and Staunton by 2/28/62 when absent from unit. Furloughed on sick leave by 8/7/62 when reported absent from unit. Sent from unit 10/18/62 to Staunton hospital. About 10/26/62, Dr. J.A. Graham, 42nd Va. surgeon, reportedly commented about Bott’s ability to get a discharge from Army in the face of stricter guidelines issued to medical personnel: “If he will die in a week he can get a discharge.” From Staunton sent to Richmond where he was hospitalized 10/29/62 to 11/30/62 when released to duty in unit. Remained absent from unit through 12/31/62. Captured 7/4/63 at South Mountain or 7/4/63 at Waterloo, Pa. Hospitalized, lumbago, Frederick, Md., age 20, 7/6 to 7/63 when sent to Annapolis, Md. Fort McHenry, Md., 7/9/63 when sent to Fort Delaware, Del. There 7/9 to 30/63. Exchanged 7/31/63 City Point. Furloughed, sick leave from Richmond hospital, 10/12 to 30/63. Named on unit clothing receipt roll 9/17/64. Present in unit 10/31/64. Named on unit clothing receipt rolls for 11/64 and 12/64. Deserted by 4/4/65 when he took oath, age 22, Charleston (W.Va.). 5' 10", dark complexion, black hair, dark eyes in 1865. Postwar clerk at coal bank, Boone County, W. Va., 1870. Farmer there, age 36, 1880. Kanawha County, W. Va., coal miner, age 56, 1900, and farmer, 1910. Living, age 75, not working, Pratt, Kanawha County, W.Va., 1920. Died there 1920.