Son of Leonard Butler of Beech Island, Aiken Co., SC, and husband of Martha Hardwick McCall. John and Martha married November 22, 1859 at Beech Island, Edgefield Co. (later Aiken Co.), South Carolina. They were the parents of seven children; Edgar McCall, Oscar Eugene Marion, Clarence Ira, Mattie Rebecca Belmoth, Eray Lillian, John Flunoy, and Eugene Butler.
John was a Corporal Sergeant with the South Carolina Volunteers in the Confederate Army. He served in Capt. J.D. Twiggs' Cavalry Co and under Capt. T.W. Whatley. (Edgefield Rangers), Company C, 1 South Carolina Cavalry. He enlisted August 27, 1861 and was mustered-in on September 18, 1861 in Hamburg, South Carolina. John was discharged on April 23, 1863. (NARS Microcopy #267, Roll #1; TP:4-111194-16)He was badly injured in a skirmish on Johns Island, SC in the spring of 1862 when his horse was shot and fell upon him, an injury from which he never fully recovered.
The 1st South Carolina Cavalry was commanded by Col. John Logan Black. They ere under the command of General Wade Hampton. This regiment was first deployed in South Carolina and by 1863 was in Virginia. They were at Brandy Station, Virginia for the "Grand Review". Some of the battles that they fought in were the 1st and 2ns battles of Brandy Station, Upperville and Gettysburg. In 1864 they were, for a time, stations on James Island. The regiment moved with the army into North Carolina. Col. Black said that the regiment never surrendered but "fullied armied and equipped rode out of camp and disbanded by company in York County (SC)". Note: An out of print book "Crumbling Defenses" is the closest thing to a regimental history of this unit.
The following are newspaper articles written when he died:
A Memorandum.
Just as the hands of the clock pointed to the hour of eight on that beautiful Sabbath morning of November 1, the patient spirit of J. W. Butler took its flight to its everlasting home in the paradise of God.
For two long years he had been a sufferer with a disease of the bowels, and for several weeks before he died he was confined to his bed. In all of his sufferings, and at times they were intense, he was meekly resigned to the will of God, and many times expressed himself as "anxious to depart and be with Christ."
The day before he died he called his family around his bedside and exhorted them to live Christian lives, to be temperate and Godly, to be zealous in church and Sabbath school work, and to always be ready to attend every service of the church and carry their children and train them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
The funeral services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. C.L. Conn, assisted by Rev. W.M. McKenzie, after which the remains were interred in the cemetery at Pleasant Valley.
Written by a Friend of J. W. Butler
Shannon, Ga., Nov. 16, 1896 - I see in last week's Argus, some one has written a few lines in loving remembrance of Mr. J.W. Butler. Every word of the piece was true, and much more could be said of his noble, Christian life.
He was, when he live here, a shining light in our church; he inspired all who knew him with confidence in him and the God whom he served so faithfully. There was no work but Mr. Butler was willing and anxious to lend a helping hand.
He was my Sunday school teacher, and he always greeted his class with smiles and kind words, and always had a nice talk with us over our lesson, and there was not one of us but what dearly loved him, but all who knew him knew his outside live, probably not so many new his home life, and in the home and family circle is the place to judge of a noble life.
Oh, if there were many more such noble husbands and fathers as was Mr. Butler, what a grand world this would be! Loving, kind and helpful to his wife, ready to approve his children's innocent pastimes by kind words and smiles; ever on the watch for any evil that might spring up, and quick to put it down with tender though firm hands, and when the days pleasures were done, then he gathered his loved ones and friends around the fireside and there read a chapter of God's word and then gave thanks for the blessings and asked mercies for the future, and bore the needy ones to the throne of mercy on the wings of prayer, and we sought our beds feeling that earnest prayer in our hearts.
Oh, what a tower of strength he was to his family and friends! And it seems so sad that one whose life was so noble and helpful, should be taken away from this world where so much help is needed; but God knows best and doeth all things well.
Mr. Butler is now with the ransomed ones, there to intercede with the Father for his loved ones and friends here on earth. Our hearts are so dad, and the was so lonely, and rought is the path that our weary feed press; yet faith pleadeth ever, "Oh, fail not to trust him!" The dear Father knows, it is all for the best. Some day we shall know why the dear ones were taken; for the angels will summon us home to our rest. There with faith lost in sight and vision grown clearer, we shall see as God sees us and know it is best. A Friend.
Following are three letters written on behalf of Sgt John Whitmill Butler in reference to the injuries received during the war and his subsequent death. All spelling is as it was in the original letters.
Regnant Ga Dec 4th, 1896
This is to certify that I have been intimately acquainted with John W. Butler before, during, and for many years after the Civil War myself and Sergt Butler volunteered on the same day and in the same company - John D. Twiggs, Captain, and served together untill Sergeant Butlers horse was shot under him while going at full speed in a battle on Wardmalaw Island, SC. The horse fell on Sergt John W. Butler and the fall and dieing struggles of the horse so mashed and mangled the bowels, hips and privates of Sergt John W. Butler untill we feared he would die at once. I was his nurse and nursed him tenderly for several months before he recovered sufficiently to be carried home. He never was a well man again as long as I and (unreadable) were together. But was always ailing in his hips and bowels. I hear he is dead and I fully believe his death was caused by the wounds he received.
Respectfully, J.B. Howard
Aiken, So Ca
Dec 19th, 1896
This is to certify that John W Butler was a regularly enlisted soldier in the Confederate Service, that he was a member of Co C, 1st Regt, S. C. V. (South Carolina Volunteer) and that he was badly injured in a skirmish on Johns Island, So Ca, his horse being shot and falling upon him, from the effects of which he was so badly injured that a discharge was granted him all of which occured in the spring of 1862. I will also state that up to the time of his being injured he was gallant and faithful soldier.
T W Whatley
Capt - Co C, 1st Regt S.C.V.
J M Ham(unreadable)son
2d Lieut Co C, 1st Regt S.C.V.
Thos G Miller 1st Lieut
Comp C 1st Regt S.C.V.
Aug28,1897 To Richard Johnson Atlanta, GA
Commission of Pensions -----
For whome it may concern. I cannot positively swear that the wounds John W Butler received during the war caused his death. But I have known him since the days of our boyhood, up to the time that he was wounded, he was strong and healthy. Since that time he has never been a well and strong man always complaines of his bowells hips kidney. and said the wounds (unreadable) would kill him. I was detailed to nurse him in the Hospital when he was first hurt. Dr E. Tool our Camp Surgeon said all the time he might get up, but would never get well. His injuries will eventually kill him. There is only 37 days difference in my age and Butlers and I am strong and healthy able to carry the fo(unreadable) now on my farm. Up to the time he was wounded he was the strongest and healthiest of the two could out run and throw me down. It is not according to the laws of nature for a man of his constitution of temperate habbits and of his avocation to die so soon. Then what killed him. Why the wounds of course.
Sworn to & subscribed to before me this Aug. 28, 1897 J. B. Howard
J.W. Page Ordinary J.C.
John was a Corporal Sergeant with the South Carolina Volunteers in the Confederate Army. He served in Capt. J.D. Twiggs' Cavalry Co and under Capt. T.W. Whatley. (Edgefield Rangers), Company C, 1 South Carolina Cavalry. He enlisted August 27, 1861 and was mustered-in on September 18, 1861 in Hamburg, South Carolina. John was discharged on April 23, 1863. (NARS Microcopy #267, Roll #1; TP:4-111194-16)He was badly injured in a skirmish on Johns Island, SC in the spring of 1862 when his horse was shot and fell upon him, an injury from which he never fully recovered.
The 1st South Carolina Cavalry was commanded by Col. John Logan Black. They ere under the command of General Wade Hampton. This regiment was first deployed in South Carolina and by 1863 was in Virginia. They were at Brandy Station, Virginia for the "Grand Review". Some of the battles that they fought in were the 1st and 2ns battles of Brandy Station, Upperville and Gettysburg. In 1864 they were, for a time, stations on James Island. The regiment moved with the army into North Carolina. Col. Black said that the regiment never surrendered but "fullied armied and equipped rode out of camp and disbanded by company in York County (SC)". Note: An out of print book "Crumbling Defenses" is the closest thing to a regimental history of this unit.
The following are newspaper articles written when he died:
A Memorandum.
Just as the hands of the clock pointed to the hour of eight on that beautiful Sabbath morning of November 1, the patient spirit of J. W. Butler took its flight to its everlasting home in the paradise of God.
For two long years he had been a sufferer with a disease of the bowels, and for several weeks before he died he was confined to his bed. In all of his sufferings, and at times they were intense, he was meekly resigned to the will of God, and many times expressed himself as "anxious to depart and be with Christ."
The day before he died he called his family around his bedside and exhorted them to live Christian lives, to be temperate and Godly, to be zealous in church and Sabbath school work, and to always be ready to attend every service of the church and carry their children and train them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
The funeral services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. C.L. Conn, assisted by Rev. W.M. McKenzie, after which the remains were interred in the cemetery at Pleasant Valley.
Written by a Friend of J. W. Butler
Shannon, Ga., Nov. 16, 1896 - I see in last week's Argus, some one has written a few lines in loving remembrance of Mr. J.W. Butler. Every word of the piece was true, and much more could be said of his noble, Christian life.
He was, when he live here, a shining light in our church; he inspired all who knew him with confidence in him and the God whom he served so faithfully. There was no work but Mr. Butler was willing and anxious to lend a helping hand.
He was my Sunday school teacher, and he always greeted his class with smiles and kind words, and always had a nice talk with us over our lesson, and there was not one of us but what dearly loved him, but all who knew him knew his outside live, probably not so many new his home life, and in the home and family circle is the place to judge of a noble life.
Oh, if there were many more such noble husbands and fathers as was Mr. Butler, what a grand world this would be! Loving, kind and helpful to his wife, ready to approve his children's innocent pastimes by kind words and smiles; ever on the watch for any evil that might spring up, and quick to put it down with tender though firm hands, and when the days pleasures were done, then he gathered his loved ones and friends around the fireside and there read a chapter of God's word and then gave thanks for the blessings and asked mercies for the future, and bore the needy ones to the throne of mercy on the wings of prayer, and we sought our beds feeling that earnest prayer in our hearts.
Oh, what a tower of strength he was to his family and friends! And it seems so sad that one whose life was so noble and helpful, should be taken away from this world where so much help is needed; but God knows best and doeth all things well.
Mr. Butler is now with the ransomed ones, there to intercede with the Father for his loved ones and friends here on earth. Our hearts are so dad, and the was so lonely, and rought is the path that our weary feed press; yet faith pleadeth ever, "Oh, fail not to trust him!" The dear Father knows, it is all for the best. Some day we shall know why the dear ones were taken; for the angels will summon us home to our rest. There with faith lost in sight and vision grown clearer, we shall see as God sees us and know it is best. A Friend.
Following are three letters written on behalf of Sgt John Whitmill Butler in reference to the injuries received during the war and his subsequent death. All spelling is as it was in the original letters.
Regnant Ga Dec 4th, 1896
This is to certify that I have been intimately acquainted with John W. Butler before, during, and for many years after the Civil War myself and Sergt Butler volunteered on the same day and in the same company - John D. Twiggs, Captain, and served together untill Sergeant Butlers horse was shot under him while going at full speed in a battle on Wardmalaw Island, SC. The horse fell on Sergt John W. Butler and the fall and dieing struggles of the horse so mashed and mangled the bowels, hips and privates of Sergt John W. Butler untill we feared he would die at once. I was his nurse and nursed him tenderly for several months before he recovered sufficiently to be carried home. He never was a well man again as long as I and (unreadable) were together. But was always ailing in his hips and bowels. I hear he is dead and I fully believe his death was caused by the wounds he received.
Respectfully, J.B. Howard
Aiken, So Ca
Dec 19th, 1896
This is to certify that John W Butler was a regularly enlisted soldier in the Confederate Service, that he was a member of Co C, 1st Regt, S. C. V. (South Carolina Volunteer) and that he was badly injured in a skirmish on Johns Island, So Ca, his horse being shot and falling upon him, from the effects of which he was so badly injured that a discharge was granted him all of which occured in the spring of 1862. I will also state that up to the time of his being injured he was gallant and faithful soldier.
T W Whatley
Capt - Co C, 1st Regt S.C.V.
J M Ham(unreadable)son
2d Lieut Co C, 1st Regt S.C.V.
Thos G Miller 1st Lieut
Comp C 1st Regt S.C.V.
Aug28,1897 To Richard Johnson Atlanta, GA
Commission of Pensions -----
For whome it may concern. I cannot positively swear that the wounds John W Butler received during the war caused his death. But I have known him since the days of our boyhood, up to the time that he was wounded, he was strong and healthy. Since that time he has never been a well and strong man always complaines of his bowells hips kidney. and said the wounds (unreadable) would kill him. I was detailed to nurse him in the Hospital when he was first hurt. Dr E. Tool our Camp Surgeon said all the time he might get up, but would never get well. His injuries will eventually kill him. There is only 37 days difference in my age and Butlers and I am strong and healthy able to carry the fo(unreadable) now on my farm. Up to the time he was wounded he was the strongest and healthiest of the two could out run and throw me down. It is not according to the laws of nature for a man of his constitution of temperate habbits and of his avocation to die so soon. Then what killed him. Why the wounds of course.
Sworn to & subscribed to before me this Aug. 28, 1897 J. B. Howard
J.W. Page Ordinary J.C.
Son of Leonard Butler of Beech Island, Aiken Co., SC, and husband of Martha Hardwick McCall. John and Martha married November 22, 1859 at Beech Island, Edgefield Co. (later Aiken Co.), South Carolina. They were the parents of seven children; Edgar McCall, Oscar Eugene Marion, Clarence Ira, Mattie Rebecca Belmoth, Eray Lillian, John Flunoy, and Eugene Butler.
John was a Corporal Sergeant with the South Carolina Volunteers in the Confederate Army. He served in Capt. J.D. Twiggs' Cavalry Co and under Capt. T.W. Whatley. (Edgefield Rangers), Company C, 1 South Carolina Cavalry. He enlisted August 27, 1861 and was mustered-in on September 18, 1861 in Hamburg, South Carolina. John was discharged on April 23, 1863. (NARS Microcopy #267, Roll #1; TP:4-111194-16)He was badly injured in a skirmish on Johns Island, SC in the spring of 1862 when his horse was shot and fell upon him, an injury from which he never fully recovered.
The 1st South Carolina Cavalry was commanded by Col. John Logan Black. They ere under the command of General Wade Hampton. This regiment was first deployed in South Carolina and by 1863 was in Virginia. They were at Brandy Station, Virginia for the "Grand Review". Some of the battles that they fought in were the 1st and 2ns battles of Brandy Station, Upperville and Gettysburg. In 1864 they were, for a time, stations on James Island. The regiment moved with the army into North Carolina. Col. Black said that the regiment never surrendered but "fullied armied and equipped rode out of camp and disbanded by company in York County (SC)". Note: An out of print book "Crumbling Defenses" is the closest thing to a regimental history of this unit.
The following are newspaper articles written when he died:
A Memorandum.
Just as the hands of the clock pointed to the hour of eight on that beautiful Sabbath morning of November 1, the patient spirit of J. W. Butler took its flight to its everlasting home in the paradise of God.
For two long years he had been a sufferer with a disease of the bowels, and for several weeks before he died he was confined to his bed. In all of his sufferings, and at times they were intense, he was meekly resigned to the will of God, and many times expressed himself as "anxious to depart and be with Christ."
The day before he died he called his family around his bedside and exhorted them to live Christian lives, to be temperate and Godly, to be zealous in church and Sabbath school work, and to always be ready to attend every service of the church and carry their children and train them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
The funeral services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. C.L. Conn, assisted by Rev. W.M. McKenzie, after which the remains were interred in the cemetery at Pleasant Valley.
Written by a Friend of J. W. Butler
Shannon, Ga., Nov. 16, 1896 - I see in last week's Argus, some one has written a few lines in loving remembrance of Mr. J.W. Butler. Every word of the piece was true, and much more could be said of his noble, Christian life.
He was, when he live here, a shining light in our church; he inspired all who knew him with confidence in him and the God whom he served so faithfully. There was no work but Mr. Butler was willing and anxious to lend a helping hand.
He was my Sunday school teacher, and he always greeted his class with smiles and kind words, and always had a nice talk with us over our lesson, and there was not one of us but what dearly loved him, but all who knew him knew his outside live, probably not so many new his home life, and in the home and family circle is the place to judge of a noble life.
Oh, if there were many more such noble husbands and fathers as was Mr. Butler, what a grand world this would be! Loving, kind and helpful to his wife, ready to approve his children's innocent pastimes by kind words and smiles; ever on the watch for any evil that might spring up, and quick to put it down with tender though firm hands, and when the days pleasures were done, then he gathered his loved ones and friends around the fireside and there read a chapter of God's word and then gave thanks for the blessings and asked mercies for the future, and bore the needy ones to the throne of mercy on the wings of prayer, and we sought our beds feeling that earnest prayer in our hearts.
Oh, what a tower of strength he was to his family and friends! And it seems so sad that one whose life was so noble and helpful, should be taken away from this world where so much help is needed; but God knows best and doeth all things well.
Mr. Butler is now with the ransomed ones, there to intercede with the Father for his loved ones and friends here on earth. Our hearts are so dad, and the was so lonely, and rought is the path that our weary feed press; yet faith pleadeth ever, "Oh, fail not to trust him!" The dear Father knows, it is all for the best. Some day we shall know why the dear ones were taken; for the angels will summon us home to our rest. There with faith lost in sight and vision grown clearer, we shall see as God sees us and know it is best. A Friend.
Following are three letters written on behalf of Sgt John Whitmill Butler in reference to the injuries received during the war and his subsequent death. All spelling is as it was in the original letters.
Regnant Ga Dec 4th, 1896
This is to certify that I have been intimately acquainted with John W. Butler before, during, and for many years after the Civil War myself and Sergt Butler volunteered on the same day and in the same company - John D. Twiggs, Captain, and served together untill Sergeant Butlers horse was shot under him while going at full speed in a battle on Wardmalaw Island, SC. The horse fell on Sergt John W. Butler and the fall and dieing struggles of the horse so mashed and mangled the bowels, hips and privates of Sergt John W. Butler untill we feared he would die at once. I was his nurse and nursed him tenderly for several months before he recovered sufficiently to be carried home. He never was a well man again as long as I and (unreadable) were together. But was always ailing in his hips and bowels. I hear he is dead and I fully believe his death was caused by the wounds he received.
Respectfully, J.B. Howard
Aiken, So Ca
Dec 19th, 1896
This is to certify that John W Butler was a regularly enlisted soldier in the Confederate Service, that he was a member of Co C, 1st Regt, S. C. V. (South Carolina Volunteer) and that he was badly injured in a skirmish on Johns Island, So Ca, his horse being shot and falling upon him, from the effects of which he was so badly injured that a discharge was granted him all of which occured in the spring of 1862. I will also state that up to the time of his being injured he was gallant and faithful soldier.
T W Whatley
Capt - Co C, 1st Regt S.C.V.
J M Ham(unreadable)son
2d Lieut Co C, 1st Regt S.C.V.
Thos G Miller 1st Lieut
Comp C 1st Regt S.C.V.
Aug28,1897 To Richard Johnson Atlanta, GA
Commission of Pensions -----
For whome it may concern. I cannot positively swear that the wounds John W Butler received during the war caused his death. But I have known him since the days of our boyhood, up to the time that he was wounded, he was strong and healthy. Since that time he has never been a well and strong man always complaines of his bowells hips kidney. and said the wounds (unreadable) would kill him. I was detailed to nurse him in the Hospital when he was first hurt. Dr E. Tool our Camp Surgeon said all the time he might get up, but would never get well. His injuries will eventually kill him. There is only 37 days difference in my age and Butlers and I am strong and healthy able to carry the fo(unreadable) now on my farm. Up to the time he was wounded he was the strongest and healthiest of the two could out run and throw me down. It is not according to the laws of nature for a man of his constitution of temperate habbits and of his avocation to die so soon. Then what killed him. Why the wounds of course.
Sworn to & subscribed to before me this Aug. 28, 1897 J. B. Howard
J.W. Page Ordinary J.C.
John was a Corporal Sergeant with the South Carolina Volunteers in the Confederate Army. He served in Capt. J.D. Twiggs' Cavalry Co and under Capt. T.W. Whatley. (Edgefield Rangers), Company C, 1 South Carolina Cavalry. He enlisted August 27, 1861 and was mustered-in on September 18, 1861 in Hamburg, South Carolina. John was discharged on April 23, 1863. (NARS Microcopy #267, Roll #1; TP:4-111194-16)He was badly injured in a skirmish on Johns Island, SC in the spring of 1862 when his horse was shot and fell upon him, an injury from which he never fully recovered.
The 1st South Carolina Cavalry was commanded by Col. John Logan Black. They ere under the command of General Wade Hampton. This regiment was first deployed in South Carolina and by 1863 was in Virginia. They were at Brandy Station, Virginia for the "Grand Review". Some of the battles that they fought in were the 1st and 2ns battles of Brandy Station, Upperville and Gettysburg. In 1864 they were, for a time, stations on James Island. The regiment moved with the army into North Carolina. Col. Black said that the regiment never surrendered but "fullied armied and equipped rode out of camp and disbanded by company in York County (SC)". Note: An out of print book "Crumbling Defenses" is the closest thing to a regimental history of this unit.
The following are newspaper articles written when he died:
A Memorandum.
Just as the hands of the clock pointed to the hour of eight on that beautiful Sabbath morning of November 1, the patient spirit of J. W. Butler took its flight to its everlasting home in the paradise of God.
For two long years he had been a sufferer with a disease of the bowels, and for several weeks before he died he was confined to his bed. In all of his sufferings, and at times they were intense, he was meekly resigned to the will of God, and many times expressed himself as "anxious to depart and be with Christ."
The day before he died he called his family around his bedside and exhorted them to live Christian lives, to be temperate and Godly, to be zealous in church and Sabbath school work, and to always be ready to attend every service of the church and carry their children and train them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
The funeral services were conducted by his pastor, Rev. C.L. Conn, assisted by Rev. W.M. McKenzie, after which the remains were interred in the cemetery at Pleasant Valley.
Written by a Friend of J. W. Butler
Shannon, Ga., Nov. 16, 1896 - I see in last week's Argus, some one has written a few lines in loving remembrance of Mr. J.W. Butler. Every word of the piece was true, and much more could be said of his noble, Christian life.
He was, when he live here, a shining light in our church; he inspired all who knew him with confidence in him and the God whom he served so faithfully. There was no work but Mr. Butler was willing and anxious to lend a helping hand.
He was my Sunday school teacher, and he always greeted his class with smiles and kind words, and always had a nice talk with us over our lesson, and there was not one of us but what dearly loved him, but all who knew him knew his outside live, probably not so many new his home life, and in the home and family circle is the place to judge of a noble life.
Oh, if there were many more such noble husbands and fathers as was Mr. Butler, what a grand world this would be! Loving, kind and helpful to his wife, ready to approve his children's innocent pastimes by kind words and smiles; ever on the watch for any evil that might spring up, and quick to put it down with tender though firm hands, and when the days pleasures were done, then he gathered his loved ones and friends around the fireside and there read a chapter of God's word and then gave thanks for the blessings and asked mercies for the future, and bore the needy ones to the throne of mercy on the wings of prayer, and we sought our beds feeling that earnest prayer in our hearts.
Oh, what a tower of strength he was to his family and friends! And it seems so sad that one whose life was so noble and helpful, should be taken away from this world where so much help is needed; but God knows best and doeth all things well.
Mr. Butler is now with the ransomed ones, there to intercede with the Father for his loved ones and friends here on earth. Our hearts are so dad, and the was so lonely, and rought is the path that our weary feed press; yet faith pleadeth ever, "Oh, fail not to trust him!" The dear Father knows, it is all for the best. Some day we shall know why the dear ones were taken; for the angels will summon us home to our rest. There with faith lost in sight and vision grown clearer, we shall see as God sees us and know it is best. A Friend.
Following are three letters written on behalf of Sgt John Whitmill Butler in reference to the injuries received during the war and his subsequent death. All spelling is as it was in the original letters.
Regnant Ga Dec 4th, 1896
This is to certify that I have been intimately acquainted with John W. Butler before, during, and for many years after the Civil War myself and Sergt Butler volunteered on the same day and in the same company - John D. Twiggs, Captain, and served together untill Sergeant Butlers horse was shot under him while going at full speed in a battle on Wardmalaw Island, SC. The horse fell on Sergt John W. Butler and the fall and dieing struggles of the horse so mashed and mangled the bowels, hips and privates of Sergt John W. Butler untill we feared he would die at once. I was his nurse and nursed him tenderly for several months before he recovered sufficiently to be carried home. He never was a well man again as long as I and (unreadable) were together. But was always ailing in his hips and bowels. I hear he is dead and I fully believe his death was caused by the wounds he received.
Respectfully, J.B. Howard
Aiken, So Ca
Dec 19th, 1896
This is to certify that John W Butler was a regularly enlisted soldier in the Confederate Service, that he was a member of Co C, 1st Regt, S. C. V. (South Carolina Volunteer) and that he was badly injured in a skirmish on Johns Island, So Ca, his horse being shot and falling upon him, from the effects of which he was so badly injured that a discharge was granted him all of which occured in the spring of 1862. I will also state that up to the time of his being injured he was gallant and faithful soldier.
T W Whatley
Capt - Co C, 1st Regt S.C.V.
J M Ham(unreadable)son
2d Lieut Co C, 1st Regt S.C.V.
Thos G Miller 1st Lieut
Comp C 1st Regt S.C.V.
Aug28,1897 To Richard Johnson Atlanta, GA
Commission of Pensions -----
For whome it may concern. I cannot positively swear that the wounds John W Butler received during the war caused his death. But I have known him since the days of our boyhood, up to the time that he was wounded, he was strong and healthy. Since that time he has never been a well and strong man always complaines of his bowells hips kidney. and said the wounds (unreadable) would kill him. I was detailed to nurse him in the Hospital when he was first hurt. Dr E. Tool our Camp Surgeon said all the time he might get up, but would never get well. His injuries will eventually kill him. There is only 37 days difference in my age and Butlers and I am strong and healthy able to carry the fo(unreadable) now on my farm. Up to the time he was wounded he was the strongest and healthiest of the two could out run and throw me down. It is not according to the laws of nature for a man of his constitution of temperate habbits and of his avocation to die so soon. Then what killed him. Why the wounds of course.
Sworn to & subscribed to before me this Aug. 28, 1897 J. B. Howard
J.W. Page Ordinary J.C.
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