Company A, 30th North Carolina Infantry, Ramseur's Brigade, Rodes' Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Sampson County NC; 27 years old.
Enlisted on 6/1/1861 at Sampson County, NC, on 6/18/1861 he was mustered into "A" Co. NC 30th Infantry as a Private.
Fatally wounded 5/8/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
In 1865, after the war, "a Union doctor found the (Butler's) skull on the battlefield. Historians surmise the body was hastily buried in a shallow grave and the soil eventually eroded away. The doctor labeled the skull 'Rebel Butler', apparently taking the name from bits of uniform found with it, and took it home. The skull was donated to the Henry County Historical Society Museum in New Castle, Ind., in 1923, and remained on display there for 70 years", when the U.S Government decreed all human remains on display be returned for proper burial [Anne Gearan, Associated Press writer]. On 8/24/1996 Pvt. Butler's skull was buried with military honors by the Dabney Maury Camp SCV.
The 30th NC Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in October, 1861. The men were raised in the following counties: Sampson, Warren, Brunswick, Wake, Nash, Granville, Duplin, Edgecombe, Moore, and Mecklenburg.
Residence Sampson County NC; 27 years old.
Enlisted on 6/1/1861 at Sampson County, NC, on 6/18/1861 he was mustered into "A" Co. NC 30th Infantry as a Private.
Fatally wounded 5/8/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
In 1865, after the war, "a Union doctor found the (Butler's) skull on the battlefield. Historians surmise the body was hastily buried in a shallow grave and the soil eventually eroded away. The doctor labeled the skull 'Rebel Butler', apparently taking the name from bits of uniform found with it, and took it home. The skull was donated to the Henry County Historical Society Museum in New Castle, Ind., in 1923, and remained on display there for 70 years", when the U.S Government decreed all human remains on display be returned for proper burial [Anne Gearan, Associated Press writer]. On 8/24/1996 Pvt. Butler's skull was buried with military honors by the Dabney Maury Camp SCV.
The 30th NC Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in October, 1861. The men were raised in the following counties: Sampson, Warren, Brunswick, Wake, Nash, Granville, Duplin, Edgecombe, Moore, and Mecklenburg.
Company A, 30th North Carolina Infantry, Ramseur's Brigade, Rodes' Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Sampson County NC; 27 years old.
Enlisted on 6/1/1861 at Sampson County, NC, on 6/18/1861 he was mustered into "A" Co. NC 30th Infantry as a Private.
Fatally wounded 5/8/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
In 1865, after the war, "a Union doctor found the (Butler's) skull on the battlefield. Historians surmise the body was hastily buried in a shallow grave and the soil eventually eroded away. The doctor labeled the skull 'Rebel Butler', apparently taking the name from bits of uniform found with it, and took it home. The skull was donated to the Henry County Historical Society Museum in New Castle, Ind., in 1923, and remained on display there for 70 years", when the U.S Government decreed all human remains on display be returned for proper burial [Anne Gearan, Associated Press writer]. On 8/24/1996 Pvt. Butler's skull was buried with military honors by the Dabney Maury Camp SCV.
The 30th NC Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in October, 1861. The men were raised in the following counties: Sampson, Warren, Brunswick, Wake, Nash, Granville, Duplin, Edgecombe, Moore, and Mecklenburg.
Residence Sampson County NC; 27 years old.
Enlisted on 6/1/1861 at Sampson County, NC, on 6/18/1861 he was mustered into "A" Co. NC 30th Infantry as a Private.
Fatally wounded 5/8/1864 Spotsylvania Court House, VA.
In 1865, after the war, "a Union doctor found the (Butler's) skull on the battlefield. Historians surmise the body was hastily buried in a shallow grave and the soil eventually eroded away. The doctor labeled the skull 'Rebel Butler', apparently taking the name from bits of uniform found with it, and took it home. The skull was donated to the Henry County Historical Society Museum in New Castle, Ind., in 1923, and remained on display there for 70 years", when the U.S Government decreed all human remains on display be returned for proper burial [Anne Gearan, Associated Press writer]. On 8/24/1996 Pvt. Butler's skull was buried with military honors by the Dabney Maury Camp SCV.
The 30th NC Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in October, 1861. The men were raised in the following counties: Sampson, Warren, Brunswick, Wake, Nash, Granville, Duplin, Edgecombe, Moore, and Mecklenburg.
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