West enlisted as a corporal in Co. C of the 25th Battalion VA Infantry on August 6, 1862. he was discharged on February 9, 1863 upon completion of his 6 months of service when the unit was reorganized and he became a lieutenant in Co. H of the battalion. West was captured at the Battle of Sailor's Creek, VA on April 6, 1865 and sent first to Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. and then sent on April 21, 1865 to the prison camp at Johnson's Island, OH, where he remained until he took the oath of allegiance on June 20, 1865.
By 1880, West had moved to Bedford County, VA where he became a farmer. In the summer of 1916, he entered the Robert E. Lee Camp Confederate Soldiers’ Home in Richmond, VA. He was discharged from the home in December 1916 due to his deteriorating mental condition.
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