The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-09-26
Major C. w. Buttz.

The number Of Jersymcn Identified with
Pennsylvania regiment was quite large.
Among the companies OF which W, have ac-
counts, was one raised in Bclvidcre by
Charles W. Butiz, which, our quota being
full, proceeded to Philadelphia and was
there September Is, 1919 mustered in as
Company |, of lIarlan's Indcpcndant Caval-
ry, afterwards designated as the Eleventh
Pennsylvania Cnvalry-Mr. Butts accepting
he position of the Second Lieu tenant At
ter various movements, The regiment pro-
cccdcd to Fortress Monroe, remaning in
that vicinity until May 1892, when it was
| divided, five companies being sent to Nor.
folk, and The other seven following McClc-
Ian up ani down the Pcninsuln-Company
|, known rs Jersey Company" being with
the latter. Subsequently, being stationed
81 Williamsburg, these companies perform
cd picket duty, the regiment some time la
ter being reunited at Suffolk under Colo
mel Spear. In 1863, during the Maryla nd
aston, General Dix, then commanding at
Fortress Monroe, sent the regiment by way
of Hanover Court House to dcs,ry the rail
road leading from Gorlonsvillc anl Fred
ericksburg to II iclimond-which service it
performed capturing large wagon train
and some two thousand horses and mules,
With ether property. Al the South Anna
River, Company |, with others, was dis
mounted and had II sharp cmga cement with
the enemy, having three men killed and
eight wounded. Returning to Suffolk, the
cSimcnt was dispatched OH n scouting cX-
petition, along the Blackwatcr River. Du-
ring this expedition, Lieutenant But,z, with
twenty-five of his men, engaged three hun
drcd of the enemy, and by dashng charge
succeeded in taking sxty-scvcn OF the mum
Der prisoners AMI capturing n ''rOckct bat
terry" with a good supply of ammunition
The enemy thus handsomely routed by the
Jcrsymcn, consisted Of members of the Sec
ond Georgia Cavalry and one company of
infantry. Thirty-two of the prisoners In Il
severe wounds in the head inflicted by the
snbrcrs of the assaan,s, whose loss was on
~ one killed aud three wounded While in
this department, Lieutenant Buttz was on
several occasions detailed for service on
court mar!ials, rs Judge Advocate, and for
n period of two months was Provost Mar
shal ut Suffolk. When Longsrcct besicgrd Il
ed that place, Lieutenant Buttz acted as
Aid camp to Major General Peek and on
one occasion, being de:aile with part of
his company for special service, captured
forty y-eight OF the cnemy-thc cxpl tits re
cciving favorable mention in General Pccks
report to the War Department. During the
rcmafndcr of the war, the Jersey Compa-
NY served with distinguished or ,dii i-of the
whole number three being killed, five won n
ded, and two taken prisoners aud ssncvcr af-
forwards heard of, Among the killed was
Copcral Ham, of Hope Warren County,
who was shat through the heart by gueril-
10 named Smith, who was aftcrw lrls clptur-
ed by liann's comrales and hung "without
benefit of clergy IIann was Il brave and
noble sollicr-onc OF ssthc bravcst of the
regiment to which nc belonged. or the
whole number Of survivors, only eighteen
or twenty members Of the company retura-
ell to New Jersey, the remainder settling in
Virginia Lieutenant Buttz upon quitting
the service, commenced the practice OF the
law ut Norktoli, where he became promi-
nent in political movements He has re-
ceived two hrcvcts-on. rs Captain 'for
gallant and mcritorious conduct in captuyinr
from the enemy a full rocket battery an
the other rs Major ''Gor gallant and mcr;to-
r:ous service in frOnt of Suffolk both da-
ting from March Il, lS65.- Extract from
Fosters "-No'c Jersey and tie RcLrilion."