David Viar/Vier, Private, Captain Van R. Otey’s Company, Public Guard for the city of Lynchburg, Va.*, enlisted April 25, 1862 at Lynchburg by Captain Otey for 12 months, subsequently re-enlisted for the war, paroled at Lynchburg, Va. April 14, 1865

* This company was successively designated as Captain John M. Galt’s Company, Capt. Van R. Otey’s Company, and Lieut. H. T. Bosher’s Company, Public Guard for the city of Lynchburg, Va., Local Defense Troops

Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Virginia