1st SC Cavalry, formerly 1st battalion, SC Cavalry, where he became Sergeant. The marriage was witnessed by Leonard Butler, his father. His grandfather was Andrew Butler, born in 1799. 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.
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. 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. 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.