Patrick Butler

Patrick Butler was baptized on March 17, 1839 at St. Mary's RC Church in Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland. Parents are listed as John Butler and Bridget Britt. Sponsors were Thomas Butler and Maria Kennedy

According to census records, Patrick immigrated to the United States in 1859 and settled in Memphis where his mother and some siblings, including older brother James, were living. He fought in the CSA during the Civil War and died in 1917 at the Old Soldier's Home in Hermitage, Tennessee. He had married a widow Mrs. Ellen Kenney in 1865 after the Civil War and they had one daughter named Agnes. She married Henry Tirrell and lived in Connecticut. A biography of Henry says her mother was Mary L (Ellen?) Toomey.

There is a famous family story that James and his brother Patrick got into a big bar fight in Memphis and the story ended up in the newspaper. The article has not been located.

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Patrick Butler

Regiment Name: 154 Senior Reg't Tennessee Inf. (1 Tenn. Vols.)

Side: Confederate

Company C

Soldier's Rank In: Private

Soldier's Rank Out: Private

Film Number M231 roll 7

CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS

154th Senior Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (1st Tennessee Volunteers)

154th (Senior) Infantry Regiment was organized in 1842 as the 154th Tennessee Militia Regiment. Reorganized at Randolph, Shelby County, Tennessee, in May, 1861, it was permitted to retain its old number. The men were from the counties of Shelby, Henry, McNairy, Hardeman, and Fayette. It fought at Belmont, Shiloh, and Richmond before being assigned to P.Smith's, Vaughan's, and Palmer's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. During April, 1863, it was consolidated with the 13th Regiment. It participated in the difficult campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, returned to Tennessee with Hood, and was active in North Carolina. This regiment contained 802 men in July, 1861, had 13 disabled at Belmont, and lost thirty-one percent of the 650 engaged at Shiloh. It reported forty-one percent casualties of the 245 at Murfreesboro, and the 13th/154th totalled 428 men and 263 arms in December, 1863. The unit was included in the surrender on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were Colonels Edward Fitzgerald, Michael Magevney, Jr., and Preston Smith; Lieutenant Colonels John W. Dawson and Marcus J. Wright; and Majors Jones Genette, John D. Martin, and Marsh M. Patrick.