Lieut James Eldridge Butt

Per Cemetery Records, James died in the service of the 60th Alabama Regiment, Company D. Per the book "The Genealogical Record of the Banks Family of Elbert County, Georgia" second edition, page 114: James Eldridge Butt, youngest child of Moses and Priscilla Banks Butt, was born Dec. 2, 1841. He was graduated from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, June 1861, sharing the first honor. Directly on his return to his home in Wynnton, a suburb of Columbus, Georgia, he joined the CSA and was made a Lieutenant in Capt. Hatch Cook's company, "The Columbus Minute Men." He served his country gallantly in the Army of Virginia till September 1864 when he was wounded in the trenches before Petersburg, and died in a hospital at Richmond soon after. It was said of him, "He faithfully served his friends, his country, and his God, and laid down his life with a name unsullied, honored and loved by all who knew him."

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