James, a carpenter by trade, was the son of William and Ann Bootwright (whose last name was sometimes spelled "Boatwright"). James had served before the Civil War in the "Richmond Light Infantry Blues", since 1858.
James enlisted as a Private and mustered into Co. "A", 46th Virginia Infantry on 21 April 1861. On 25 May 1862, he transferred to Company "C", 38th Virginia Battalion of Light Artillery (the company known as the "Hampden Artillery"). He was promoted 8th Corporal of Company C on 15 January 1864, and was killed in action at age 30.
His grave in the William Bootwright plot, which he shares with his father, was marked in May 2016 through the efforts of Bootwright descendant Fred Nuckols and the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery."
James enlisted as a Private and mustered into Co. "A", 46th Virginia Infantry on 21 April 1861. On 25 May 1862, he transferred to Company "C", 38th Virginia Battalion of Light Artillery (the company known as the "Hampden Artillery"). He was promoted 8th Corporal of Company C on 15 January 1864, and was killed in action at age 30.
His grave in the William Bootwright plot, which he shares with his father, was marked in May 2016 through the efforts of Bootwright descendant Fred Nuckols and the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery."
James, a carpenter by trade, was the son of William and Ann Bootwright (whose last name was sometimes spelled "Boatwright"). James had served before the Civil War in the "Richmond Light Infantry Blues", since 1858.
James enlisted as a Private and mustered into Co. "A", 46th Virginia Infantry on 21 April 1861. On 25 May 1862, he transferred to Company "C", 38th Virginia Battalion of Light Artillery (the company known as the "Hampden Artillery"). He was promoted 8th Corporal of Company C on 15 January 1864, and was killed in action at age 30.
His grave in the William Bootwright plot, which he shares with his father, was marked in May 2016 through the efforts of Bootwright descendant Fred Nuckols and the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery."
James enlisted as a Private and mustered into Co. "A", 46th Virginia Infantry on 21 April 1861. On 25 May 1862, he transferred to Company "C", 38th Virginia Battalion of Light Artillery (the company known as the "Hampden Artillery"). He was promoted 8th Corporal of Company C on 15 January 1864, and was killed in action at age 30.
His grave in the William Bootwright plot, which he shares with his father, was marked in May 2016 through the efforts of Bootwright descendant Fred Nuckols and the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery."
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