Phineas Butler was killed by a sniper at Gaines Mill under George McClellan in The Civil War on June 27, 1862 and buried in a trench near Richmond, Virginia.

1848 --- INDIANA SELECT MARRIAGES INDEX 1748-1993
Name: Phineas Butler
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: February 24, 1848
Marriage Place: Jennings, Indiana, United States
Spouse: Susanna Scott
FHL Film Number: 549410
Researcher: Richard Parker
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. --- Original data: Indiana, Marriages. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. --- Description: This collection includes marriage records from Indiana.

1861 --- U. S. CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS 1861-1865
Name: Phineas Butler
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Michigan
Regiment: 16th Regiment, Michigan Infantry
Company: I
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Sergeant
Film Number: M545 roll 6
Researcher: Richard Parker
Source Information: National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. --- Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online , acquired 2007. --- Description: This database contains the names of approximately 6.3 million soldiers who served in the American Civil War. In addition to their names, information that may be listed for each soldier includes regiment, company, and rank.


1861 --- U. S. CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS RECORDS AND PROFILED 1861-1865
Name: Phineas Butler
Residence: Cohoctah, Michigan
Age at Enlistment: 33
Enlistment Date: December 9, 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
Enlistment Place: Cohoctah, Michigan
State Served: Michigan
Survived the War?: No
Enlisted: Company B, Michigan 16th Infantry Regiment
Date: January 21, 1862
Mustered Out (died): June 27, 1862 at Gaines' Mill, VA.
Birth Date: About 1828
Sources: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65
Researcher: Richard Parker
Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009. --- Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works. -- Copyright 1997-2009, Historical Data Systems, Inc., PO Box 35, Duxbury, MA 02331. --- Description: This database is a compilation of military records (including state rosters, pension records, and regimental histories) of individual soldiers who served in the United States Civil War.

1861-1866 --- U. S. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR REGIMENTS 1861-1866
Regiment: 16th Infantry Regiment Michigan
Date of Organization: 8 Sep 1861
Muster Date: 8 Jul 1865
Regiment State: Michigan
Regiment Type: Infantry
Regiment Number: 16
Officers Killed or Mortally Wounded: 12
Officers Died of Disease or Accident: 0
Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded: 235
Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident: 143.
Battles: Fought on 27 May 1862 at Hanover Court House, VA.
Fought on 13 Jun 1862 at Garlick's Landing, VA.
Fought on 27 Jun 1862 at Gaines' Mill, VA.
(Phineas Butler died during this battle)

Regiment History: MICHIGAN --- Sixteenth Infantry. (Three Years)
The Sixteenth was organized at Detroit and was originally known as "Stockton's Independent Regiment," as it was organized by Colonel Thomas B. W. Stockton of Flint; but it was afterward given the numerical number of the Sixteenth. It was mustered into service Sept. 8, 1861, with an enrollment of 761 officers and men.
The field, staff and line officers at organization were as follows: The field and staff of the regiment was made up of Colonel Thomas B. W. Stockton, Flint; Lieutenant Colonel, John V. Reuhle, Detroit; Major, Norval E. Welch, Ann Arbor; Surgeon Isaac Wixam, Fentonville; Assistant Surgeon, William H. Butler, Buffalo, N. Y. ; Chaplain William H. Brockway, Albion; Adjutant Thomas E. Morris, East Saginaw; Quartermaster, Miners. Newell, Flint; Captain Thomas S. Barry, Detroit; First LieutenantGeorge H. Swan, Detroit; Second Lieutenant George Prentiss , Detroit; Captain Henry H. Sibley, Ionia; First Lieutenant Guy W. Fuller, Ionia; Second Lieutenant Morris B. Wells, Ionia; Captain Thomas C. Carr, Flint; First Lieutenant Miner S. Newell, Flint; Second Lieutenant Randolph W. Ransom, Flint; Captain,Benjamin F. Fisher, East Saginaw; First Lieutenant Theodore S. Mahan, Adria; Second Lieutenant Gilbert R. Chandler, East Saginaw; Captain Robert T. Elliott, Detroit; First Lieutenant Patrick McLaughlin, Detroit; Second Lieutenant Charles H. Salter, Detroit; Captain James Defoe, Plymouth; First Lieutenant William B. Roe Plymouth; Second Lieutenant Solomon P. Brockway, Albion; Captain,George Myers, Detroit; First Lieutenant Jacob Webber, Lansing; Second Lieutenant Frank Eddy, Flint; Captain Stephen Martin, Detroit; First Lieutenant Thomas F. Hughes, Detroit: Second Lieutenant John Long, Detroit; Captain Judd M. Mott, Alburg, Vt.; First Lieutenant Benjamin F. Partridge, Bay City; Captain, Gustave Kast, Detroit; First Lieutenant Lewis Webster, East Saginaw; Second Lieutenant Edward Hill, Detroit; -- The regiment left Detroit Sept. 16, 1861, for Washington, D. C., to join the army of the Potomac. It went into camp at Hall's Hill, Va., for the winter of 1861-2. In February, 1862, a company was recruited at Detroit known
as "Dygert's Sharpshooters," as it was organized by Captain K. S. Dygert. On the records of the Adjutant General's office the company is designated as the first independent company of sharpshooters attached to the Sixteenth Infantry and the company served with the regiment until the close of the war. The Sixteenth took part in the Peninsular campaign under General McClellan and formed a part of the Third Brigade, First Division, Fifth Corps, then commanded by Fitz John Porter, and remained a part of the corps during its term of service. The regiment was at the siege of Yorktown in April, 1862, and participated in the engagement at Hanover Court House, Va., May 27. June 27th it fought in one of the most desperate battles of the war at Gaines Mills, Va., where it gallantly contested with the enemy for the possession of the field. The stubborn resistance by the Sixteenth is forcibly illustrated by the casualties, as the regiment lost 3 officers
and 46 men killed, 6 officers and 110 men wounded and 2 officers and 53 men missing. Colonel Stockton's horse was shot under him and he was taken prisoner and sent to Richmond, Va.

Source Information: Historical Data Systems, comp. U.S., American Civil War Regiments, 1861-1866 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. --- Original data: Data compiled by Historical Data Systems of Kingston, MA from the following list of works. Copyright 1997-2000.
Historical Data Systems, Inc., PO Box 35, Duxbury, MA 023 --- Description: This database contains regiment records from the American Civil War in the United States.