Henry Butts’s Civil War Letter 2: After a Long March
This is the 2nd Civil War letter home from Pvt Henry Allen Butts, my great-grandfather and Union Army soldier, to his wife in Ohio. I have added some punctuations and paragraph breaks, but otherwise...
View Article52 Ancestors: #3 George Butts–Family History Mystery
George W. Butts, 1834-1863 (?) When I wrote about my great-grandfather Henry Allen Butts last week and week before last, I was not sure that I had identified his twin brother George. Some evidence...
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The third surviving letter from Henry Allen Butts to his wife Annie was written only a day after the 2nd letter. In letter two, he had referred to a long march, and now he tells about it. First he...
View ArticleJohn Henry Smith: Oldest Brother Goes to War
John Henry Smith 1823-1864 The Young Boy The oldest brother of my great-grandmother Ann Marie Smith (Butts) had reached twelve years old when my great-grandmother Ann was born. Being the oldest child...
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