Pvt. John Butler, served in Company "B" 35th Georgia Volunter Infantry Regiment.
He enlisted on September 21, 1861 in Conyers, Ceorgia. John Butler was sick in camp with the Mumps, November-December 1861. March 30, 1862. he was admited to Chimborazo Hospital, Richmond, Virginia with Typhoiid Fever. He was captured while trying to return to his Unit and escaped.
The 35th GA Regement t was in Stonewall Jackson's Corps commanded by General A. P. Hill. John Butler participated in the battles of Fredricksburg and Gettysburg.
While home on sick furlough March 1863 until June 1863 - he married Nancy Hollingsworth - May 7, 1863 in Conyers, Georgia.
During the Wilderness Campaign, he was captured.
He was transfered through Point Lookout, Maryland to Elmira, New York where he arrived on July 30, 1864. He took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States on May 15, 1865 and was released on May 16, 1865.[1]
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