I, Joseph Bott, a native of the State of Virginia, and now a citizen of Virginia, resident at
Mt. Olive in the county (or city) of Shenandoah in said State of Virginia, and who was a soldier
from the state of Virginia, in the war between the United States and the Confederate States, do
hereby apply for aid under the act of the General Assembly entitled "An act to give aid to
soldiers, sailors, and marines of Virginia, maimed or disabled in the war between the States,
and to the widows of Virginia soldiers, sailors and marines who lost their lives in said war in
the military service." And I do solemnly swear that, while in the discharge of my duty in the
service of the Confederate States, as a member of Company G 33 Regiment, Stonewall
Brigade on or about the 21 day of July 1861, I was wounded
in the battle of Manassas first battle and that from the effects of such would I was disabled,
as follows: was shot in the left arm through the elbow and the arm is stiff from the effects
of the wound and that by reason of such wound and disability I am now entitled
to receive, under said Act, the sum of
dollars annually. I further swear that I do not hold any national, State, or county office
which pays me in salary or fees over three hundred dollars per annum; nor have I an income
from any other source which amounts to three hundred dollars; nor do I own in my own right,
nor does my wife own, property of the accessed value of more than one thousand dollars; nor
do I receive aid or a pension from any other State of from the United States; and that I am
not an inmate of any soldiers' home.
I do further swear that the answers given to the following questions are true:
1st. What is applicant's age? Ans. Fifty Six years
2d. In what battle or combat, or under what circumstances was the applicant wounded? Ans.
First Battle of Manassas
3d. What was the precise nature of the wound received? Ans. Gun shot through the
left elbow, arm useless
4th. What limb, if any, did the applicant lose by reason of said wound? What eye, if any,
did he lose? Ans. none
5th. If no limb or eye was so lost, what is the precise nature of the disability occasioned
thereby? Ans. Discussed in question 3rd
6th. Is it total?
(a) Is it partial? and, if so, to what extent does it disable him from manual labor? Ans.
Yes
Given under my hand this 11th day of May 1896.
