Lt. Col.(CSA), William Loudon Butler

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Lt. Col.(CSA), William Loudon Butler

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Birthplace: Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States
Death: September 20, 1863 (29-30)
Battle of Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, United States (killed in the Battle of Chickamauga)
Place of Burial: Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Colonel Pierce Mason Butler and Miranda Juliette "Julia" Duval
Brother of Behethland Pawnee Bacon; Emmala Elizabeth Perrin; Andrew Pickens Butler, (CSA) and Cpl. Edward Julian "Ebby" Butler, CSA

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About Lt. Col.(CSA), William Loudon Butler

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Birth: 1833 Columbia Richland County South Carolina, USA

Death: Sep. 20, 1863 Chickamauga Walker County Georgia, USA

Loudon received his appointment in the Confederate States Army on 29 September 1861 as a Captain. He was mustered on 11 December 1861 at Camp Moore, Tangipaho, Louisiana in Caompany B, 19th Louisiana Infantry. He was promoted on 15 July 1862 to Major and then promoted on 17 March 1863 to Lt. Colonel. He was killed at Chickamauga.

(special thanks to Betty McDade for the following info)- William Loudon Butler, CSA, b. 1833, Columbia, SC; d. September 20, 1863, interred in Vault, Willowbrook Cemetery

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Parents:
  • Pierce Mason Butler (1798 - 1847)
  • Miranda Juliette Duval Butler (1803 - 1862)

Burial: Edgefield Village Cemetery Edgefield County South Carolina, USA

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Lt. Col.(CSA), William Loudon Butler's Timeline

1833
1833
Columbia, Richland, South Carolina, United States
1863
September 20, 1863
Age 30
Battle of Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia, United States
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Willow Brook Cemetery, Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States