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Col Matthew Calbraith Butler Jr.

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Col Matthew Calbraith Butler Jr.

Birth
Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina, USA
Death
20 Jul 1916 (aged 52)
Alpine, Brewster County, Texas, USA
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec: 2, Site: 3710
Memorial ID
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Sixth United States Cavalry
Killed in Alpine,Texas by Harry C.Spannell
In 1905 he married Margaret Howell,daughter of W.B.Howell,ESQ of Nashville,Tenn.

Son of Sentor Matthew Galbraith Butler of South Carolina.
Appointed to West Point from South Carolina in 1883,became a Second Lieutenant of the Fourteenth Infantry in 1888,was transferred to the Ninth Infantry the same year,then to the Fifth Cavalry in 1889 and promoted to Captain in 1901.

Pallbearers
Rear Admiral Victor Blue
Commander R.W.McNeely
Commander H.V.Butler
Lieut Col.C.P.March
Lieut Col.Henry Jersey,Corps of Engineers
Major P.C.Harris,Adjutant General
Major Munro MacFarland
Major C.W.Fenton,Second Cavalry
Major W.S.Graves
Captain A.W.Perry,United States Army,Retired
All of the Army officers were his classmates.
Sixth United States Cavalry
Killed in Alpine,Texas by Harry C.Spannell
In 1905 he married Margaret Howell,daughter of W.B.Howell,ESQ of Nashville,Tenn.

Son of Sentor Matthew Galbraith Butler of South Carolina.
Appointed to West Point from South Carolina in 1883,became a Second Lieutenant of the Fourteenth Infantry in 1888,was transferred to the Ninth Infantry the same year,then to the Fifth Cavalry in 1889 and promoted to Captain in 1901.

Pallbearers
Rear Admiral Victor Blue
Commander R.W.McNeely
Commander H.V.Butler
Lieut Col.C.P.March
Lieut Col.Henry Jersey,Corps of Engineers
Major P.C.Harris,Adjutant General
Major Munro MacFarland
Major C.W.Fenton,Second Cavalry
Major W.S.Graves
Captain A.W.Perry,United States Army,Retired
All of the Army officers were his classmates.


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  • Maintained by: RTerry
  • Originally Created by: PL
  • Added: May 8, 2004
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8730514/matthew_calbraith-butler: accessed ), memorial page for Col Matthew Calbraith Butler Jr. (1 May 1864–20 Jul 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 8730514, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by RTerry (contributor 46537864).