The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-04
Death of an Old Defender.

Col. Clement Butler, a brother of DIR.
Francis Butler, of this city, died near Cler-
mont Mill, Hartford county, Nd, on January
%, 1882 From the Bel Air 1Egis we take
the following sketch of the deceased:
Col Clement Butler was born in Hartford county
on the 9Th day of May, 1896, at the Belle Farm"
When four years of age his parents removed to the
place where he died There he resided all his life,
with the exception of year or two, when young
man, during which period he was manager of the
farm of the late Abraham Jarrett Gather of the pres
ent A. Lingan Jarrett) near Lapldum. Col. Butler
of nine children, three boys and six girls.
now resides at Westminster Carroll county. The
rest of his brothers and sisters dead The Butler
family one of the first in the county and its in
fuence has been impressed upon the social and po-
litcal history of Hartford.
In 1914, Clement Butler. then eighteen years of
age joined Capt. McAtee's cavalry company, which
formed a part of the seventh regiment of cavalry,
under command of Col. John STREET.. He marched
narticipated In the battle of North Point which end
ed in the killing of General Ross the British COM
mander The result of the battle was the rescue of
Baltimore from the destruction previously visited
upon the national capital and which the British
chieftan had sworn should be swift and sure
The regiment to which young Butler belonged
was composed of five companies, one of which was
from Shippensburg, Pa, and numbered between
four and five hundred men. Capt. McAtee's com
pany consisted of eighty -four men. They arrived in
Baltimore about week before the battle, and went
into camp. 1t was not holiday soldering in those
DAYS The commercial metropolis of the state
threatened by the flower of the British army, under
the command of one of their ablest generals. For
days they had been hanging upon the approaches
to the city, seeking to force entrance TheirshipS
of war were riding proudly and detantly upon the
Patapsco, just outside Fort McHenry. The glare of
their rockets, the bursting of their bombs and the
believing of their cannon could be distinctly heard
from the hill-tops where our troops were encamped
For three long days and nights their horses were
never unsaddled, the men anxiously waiting and
watching for the attack which eliminated on the
memorable 9th day of September, 1911 Colonel
Street, was ordered the retreat of our forces
and the Seventh was consequently between the main
body of troops and the British, during those
perilous hours when the strong began to fear the
power of man and the pious to doubt the favor of
God" Twas then the news came of the killing of
a retreat to their ships. After the battle the differ
ent commands were called upon for volunteers for
the war. The number required from Capt. McAtee
twenty volunteers to step to the front out of his
command of eightyfOur only five obeyed, Col. But
Ter being the first The others were Abraham Rut-
ledge Edward Rutledgc, Robert Glenn and William
Evitt The remaining fifteen had to be drafted.
Upon the return of our troops after the close OF the
war, those who volunteered at their countrys call
refused to muster with those who declined or had to
be drafted. They raised n new regiment Ofone of
the companies Edward Rutledge was elected Cap
tain and Clement Butler Lieutenant. The latter was
afterwards promoted to be Captain and on up to
Colonel. This title he held to the end of life full
of wears and full of honorS. He was the Child-the
Youngest member of the Regiment. at the battle, and
he was the last survivor Of the eighty -four com
rades i'll his company, of the four or five fundredof
his regiment all preceded him to the atcamping
ground of the dead. The two who fingered longest
by his side were Samuel Sutton and DIR. James Mont
gomery, both of Hartford county. OF the regiment
raised after the war, and it was very large one but
one Thomas Ayres, of this county. is now living.
John Norris of this county who recently died, was
also a comrade of Col. Butler, i'll the last named
regiment. er
John Montgomery, a distinguished lawyer of iar-
ford in those days whose remains lie i'll the NJ. +.
Church graveyard in Bel Air, raised and command
ed an artillery company at the battle of North Point
The venerable and honored Elijah Stansbury, of
Baltimore city, who was also son of Hartford was
a member of that company. Both Capt. John Mont
gomery and Elijah Stansbury were afterwards elect
ed to the mayoralty of the city they had so nobly
defended All honor to that noble band of which
so few now remain.
Col Butler was Wing in politics. and was colec-
tor of taxes during the troublous times when repu-
diaon raised its hydra head in our body polite and
when required brave hearts to meet the opposition
of those who were bent on breaking down the faith
and credit of our state. To be tax collector then
was unpopular but Col. Butler executed his sworn
duty with rmness and bravery, and lived to see the
credit of our state redeemed by the measures then
adopted for the payment of our debt Upon the adj
vent of Know Nothingism i'll 1850 Col. Butler Joined
his fortunes with the Democratic party, and ever
since had been warm advocate of its measures; In
religion he was Catholic and died in the faith i'll
which he lived.