Richard Montgomery Butler

1844 - 1865  (21 years)

• Name	Richard Montgomery Butler  [1]
  Birth	9 Jul 1844	Kentucky   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Jul 1865
  Person ID	I108	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Butler. Joseph Jennings Rev,   b. 8 Jul 1819, Petersburg, Simpson County, Kentucky, USA d. 20 May 1898, Farmers Branch, Texas (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Howerton,   b. 28 Oct 1825, Simpson, Kentucky d. 5 Apr 1898, Farmers Branch, Texas (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	8 Jan 1843	Kentucky
  Family ID	F78	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  [BUTLER~1.FBK] Richard's Civil War papers show him to have been a private in Co. E of the 18th Regiment of the Texas Cavalry. He enlisted 13 August 1862 at Dallas, Texas. According to some papers and at Camp Nelson, Arkansas according to others. He was captured at the Arkansas Post 11 January 1863 and was listed on the roll of prisoners who were paroled at Camp Douglas, Illinois in April of 1863 and delivered to City Point, Virginia. His war records do not reflect it, but according to a family record he was killed 22 July 1865 when a soldier went berserk and shot "Dick and four other men in the barracks before killing himself.

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] BUTLER. Date of Import: 16 Nov 2005