{⋆★⋆} MG Butler, Matthew C.

Matthew Calbraith Butler​

Born: March 8, 1836

Birth Place: Greenville, South Carolina

Father: Dr. William Butler Jr. 1790 – 1850

(Buried: Christ Episcopal Church, Greenville, South Carolina)​

Mother: Jane Tweedy Perry 1799 – 1875

(Buried: Christ Episcopal Church, Greenville, South Carolina)​

1st​ Wife: Maria Pickens 1833 – 1900

(Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina)​

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Married: February 25, 1858, Edgefield, South Carolina

2nd​ Wife: Nannie DeSaussure Bostick 1859 – 1942 (1906)

(Buried: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.)​

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Married: 1906

Children:

Dr. Francis "Frank" Wilkinson Pierce Butler 1858 – 1924​

(Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina)​

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William Wallace Butler 1860 – 1891​

(Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina)​

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Colonel Matthew C. Butler Jr. 1864 – 1916​

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

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Elsie Butler 1869 – 1891​

(Buried: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina)​

Education:

1856: Graduated from South Carolina College​

Occupation before War:

1856 – 1861: Attorney in Edgefield, South Carolina​

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1860 – 1861: South Carolina State Representative​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Captain of Hampton's South Carolina Legion Cavalry​

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1862 – 1863: Colonel of Hampton's South Carolina Legion Cavalry​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Second Bull Run​

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1862: Participated in the Battle of Antietam​

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1862: Participated in Stuart's Second Ride around Gen. McClellan​

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1863: Wounded in the Foot During the Battle of Brandy Station​

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1863 – 1864: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Cavalry​

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1864: Participated in the Battle of Haw's Station​

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1864: Participated in the Battle of Trevillian Station​

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1864 – 1865: Major General of Confederate Army Cavalry

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1865: Participated in the Carolina's Campaign​

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1865: Surrendered with General Joseph E. Johnston's Army​

Occupation after War:

Attorney in Edgefield, South Carolina​

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1866: South Carolina State Representative​

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1870: Unsuccessful Candidate for Lt. Governor of South Carolina​

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1877 – 1895: United States Senator from South Carolina​

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1895 – 1898: Attorney in Washington, D.C.​

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1898 – 1899: Served in Spanish American War rising to Major General​

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Vice President of Southern Historical Society​

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President of a Mining Company in Mexico​

Died: April 14, 1909

Place of Death: Washington, D.C.

Cause of Death: Not Known

Age at time of Death: 73 years old

Burial Place: Willow Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday General Butler!

 

[Pollaco]

Even as a general he followed Wade Hampton throughout the war. First a brigade in Hampton's division, then a division in Hampton's Cavalry Command.

 

[Pollaco]

That wound to the foot was caused by a shell exploding and resulted in amputation of that limb. While he was recovering Colonel P.M.B. Young commanded in his place.

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Major General Matthew C. Butler! Salutes remembering a true patriot and leader on his birthday.

 

[USS ALASKA]

Southern Hero: Matthew Calbraith Butler: Confederate General, Hampton Red Shirt, and U.S. Senator by Samuel J. Martin

As a member of a distinguished South Carolina family, Matthew Calbraith Butler led a most interesting life. His cavalry service during the Civil War saw him rise from regimental captain to major general in command of a division. He began the war with Jeb Stuart and participated in all of his early campaigns. Butler was wounded in the battle at Brandy Station and lost his foot as a result, but he returned to duty and the battles outside of Richmond in 1864, then hurried South to resist Sherman's advance into South Carolina. Unlike many other Confederate generals, Butler remained influential after the War. He served in the U.S. Senate for eighteen years, oversaw the end of Reconstruction in South Carolina, and was a major general during the Spanish-American War.

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Cheers,
USS ALASKA

 

[ErnieMac]

His mother, Jane Tweedy Perry Butler was the sister of U.S. Navy officers Oliver Hazard Perry and Matthew Calbraith Perry. General Butler was named for the latter.

 

[Pollaco]

Even as a general he followed Wade Hampton throughout the war. First a brigade in Hampton's division, then a division in Hampton's Cavalry Command.

Actually he was first a Captain, then Major, in the Hampton's Legion through the Peninsula.

 

[Pollaco]

That wound to the foot was caused by a shell exploding and resulted in amputation of that limb. While he was recovering Colonel P.M.B. Young commanded in his place.

The "B" in P.M.B.Young's name stands for Butler. A relative maybe?

 

[farrargirl]

That wound to the foot was caused by a shell exploding and resulted in amputation of that limb. While he was recovering Colonel P.M.B. Young commanded in his place.

I am studying the Brandy Station battle at present, having visited there a few weeks ago. This excerpt from Gen. Butler's keynote address at an 1896 convention describes the circumstances surrounding the amputation of his foot.
( Capt. William D. Farley was apparently one of J.E.B. Stuart's favorite scouts. )...