Biographer Bistro (kibitz #32792)

Explicit mention of Captain Bothe can be found here, including various stations of assignment:

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18. (Chess Club in Crefeld.) The Chess Club in Crefeld, which has existed for twelve years and has a relatively large number of members, meets daily in its own social room, currently the Café Reich. The current president is Mr. F. Brüggemann, and the secretary is Mr. R. Lichtenscheid. The Chess Journal has reported extensively on the previous successful matches of this highly acclaimed chess club. Last year, it was also reported how a brave military triumvirate in Wesel, consisting of Lieutenant Colonel von Hannecken, Captain Bothe I., and Lieutenant Baron von Eynatten, achieved a victory over the renowned club. On November 14th of this year, the Crefeld Club, as Lieutenant Colonel von Hannecken informed us in a kind letter, requested a rematch. Since such a match had been promised earlier, the last-mentioned valiant chess fan felt he could not refuse it, even though Captain Bothe had since been transferred to Stettin, and Lieutenant von Eynatten was in out-of-town cantonments at the time, thus leaving him completely alone. He therefore assumed sole responsibility for the match, but from the tenth move onward received the assistance of his comrade from the previous year, Mr. von Eynatten, who had since returned. We are publishing this second very interesting game under No. 1426 in this issue and can recommend it for special study as important for both the theory and practice of the game. Recently, the tirelessly active chess club in Crefeld is said to have entered into another correspondence match, this time with the Leipzig Chess Society Augustea. We hope to be able to provide further information about this equally promising match later.>

DSZ v15 (Apr 1860) p143

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<VIf. + Johannes Joseph Carl Bothe, * Münster i. W. 6. 7. 1815, † Boppard 24. 3. 1878, Royal Prussian Lieutenant Colonel (ret.), 1. 10. 1832 Junker in the 7th Artillery Brigade, attended the Association Artillery and Engineering School in Berlin from 1833 to 1836, 29. 10. 1836 Second Lieutenant, 1842 assigned to the Cavalry Detachment in Düsseldorf, 1849 campaign in Schleswig, 2. 12. 1853 Captain, 17. 7. 1859 Artillery Officer from the Plaß in Stettin, . . 3. 1863—7. 1864 in Coblenz, 1864 Major and Detachment Commander in the Magdeburg Fortress Artillery Corps No. 4 in Magdeburg, 4. 1866 retired as Lieutenant Colonel, 1867 called to Romania to reorganize the artillery, 1870 Commandant of the prisoner of war camp at Karthaus near Coblenz, 1870 Commander of the 2nd Detachment of the Siege Artillery of the Eastern and Northern Fronts in front of Paris, Mont-Avron, Fort Saint Denis, Ice Cross 1st Class, 1871 retired in Bonn, 1872-1874 in Wiesbaden, 1874 in Boppard, Württemberg Frederick Order 1st Class, Hohenzollern House Order; married in Düsseldorf on November 14, 1848 with Henriette von Hagens, * ibid. August 24, 1822, + ibid. May 30, 1893 (daughter of Franz Karl von Hagens, 11)>

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Matching the Henriette as well as Stettin data points (as well as Ingenieur).

Gotta be him, maybe yes?

Full name and dob/dod as well.