Otho Gum

Residence Highland County VA; a 20 year-old Farmhand.

Enlisted on 6/11/1861 at Hevener's Store, VA as a Private.

On 6/11/1861 he mustered into "F" Co. VA 25th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)

He was listed as:
* Detailed 8/14/1861 (place not stated) (Detailed teamster w/4 horse team)
* Sick leave 9/27/1861 (place not stated)
* Returned 2/16/1862 (place not stated)
* Absent, sick 7/25/1862 (place not stated)
* Absent without leave 10/23/1862 (place not stated)
* Court martialed 11/1/1862 (place not stated) (Fined 1 months pay)
* On rolls 1/1/1863 (place not stated)
* Hospitalized 11/5/1863 Field Hospital (With skin disease)
* Returned 11/7/1863 (place not stated)
* POW 5/6/1864 Wilderness, VA
* Confined 5/9/1864 Belle Plain, VA
* Confined 5/17/1864 Point Lookout, MD
* Confined 8/14/1864 Elmira, NY
* Paroled 2/20/1865 Elmira, NY
* Transferred 2/20/1865 James River, VA (To be exchanged)
* Paroled 5/23/1865 Staunton, VA

He was described at enlistment as:
5' 6.0", dark complexion, blue eyes, dark hair

Other Information:
born 6/9/1840 in Highland County, VA
died 12/30/1904
Buried: Wade family cem., Highland Co, VA

(Postwar farmer)

After the War he lived in Blue Grass Dist. Highland Co, VA

Peter H. Gum

Residence Highland County VA; a 24 year-old Farmer.

Enlisted on 3/30/1862 at Camp Alleghany, WV as a Private.

On 3/30/1862 he mustered into "F" Co. VA 25th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)

He was listed as:
* Wounded 8/9/1862 Cedar Mountain, VA (Leg amputated)
* Absent, wounded 11/1/1862 (place not stated) (Never returned)
* Applied 5/4/1864 (place not stated) (Applied for artificial limb)

Other Information:
born 10/10/1837 in Highland County, VA
died 4/13/1916 in Meadow Dale, Highland Co., VA
Buried: Green Hill Meth. Church Cem., Highland Co. VA

(Postwar Commissioner of Revenue & Board of Directors,
Citizen's Bank of Highland.)

After the War he lived in Blue Grass Dist., Highland Co, VA

Source : The Virginia Regimental Histories Series