Trotter, a farmer in Brunswick County, VA and brother of William Augustus Trotter, enlisted as a private in Co. E of the 56th VA Infantry on July 10, 1861. he was taken prisoner on February 16, 1862 at the Battle of Fort Donelson, TN and sent to the prison camp at Camp Morton, IN in March 1862. He was exchanged at Vicksburg, MS on August 24, 1862. Trotter returned to Virginia, rejoined his regiment, and was promoted to corporal on an unknown date prior to being captured again on July 3, 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, where he had been wounded. He was sent first to the prison at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, MD and then sent on to the prison at Fort Delaware, DE on July 12, 1863. He was transferred to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD on October 27, 1863, where he remained until he was paroled and exchanged on May 3, 1864. He again rejoined his company, was promoted to sergeant, and was taken prisoner a third time at Burkesville, VA on April 6, 1865. He was once again sent to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD, where he was released on June 20, 1865 after taking the oath of allegiance.
After the war, he returned to farming in Brunswick County, VA. He was admitted to the Lee Camp Soldier's Home in Richmond, VA on July 9, 1922, where he died on November 18, 1923. He is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Brunswick County, VA.
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