Polk Co. IAGenWeb

BOTKIN, A. H. - Teacher. Born October 3, 1826, in Clark county, Ohio, where he resided until he removed to Clinton county, same State, in 1849, where he remained until 1866, when he removed to Iowa, locating in Des Moines. During the rebellion he was a member of the Seventy-ninth Ohio, company D, enlisting the 21st of July, 1862. In the spring of 1863 he was promoted to the captaincy of company C, same regiment, in which position he served until the close of the war. During the time he was in the service he participated in many hotly contested engagements. At the battle of Peach Tree Creek, the 20th of July, 1864, his company went into the engagement with 60 men, 30 of whom were either killed or wounded, his company being the color company of the regiment. He was joined in marriage to Martha A. Dillon, a native of Wilmington, Ohio, in 1849.