Captain Otto Boetticher of the 68th New York Infantry Regiment was captured by Confederate troops March 29, 1862. He was held in Libby Prison in Richmond until he was tyrasferred to a prisoner of war camp in Salisbury, North Carolina. He was released as a result of a prisoner exchange on September 30, 1862 at Aiken’s Landing, Virginia, when he was exchanged for a Confederate captain from Virginia’s 7th army. Botticher rejoined his regiment, serving as captain of Company B at the Battle of Chancellorsville. He was wounded at Gettysburg while serving with his regiment in the 11th Army Corps.