Henry W. Butler, son of Henry C. Butler, Esq., died at his father's residence on the morning of March 16, aged about twenty-five years. The deceased was a young man of more than ordinary promise, and his early death is mourned by a large circle of friends. For several years past he has resided in Washington, where he contracted the disease which caused his death. At the breaking out of the war he joined Capt. Cook's company which was attached to the third regiment, three months troops. On arriving at Hartford, the company being more than full he enlisted as a private in the 4th regiment, afterwards the 1st Connecticut artillery, discharging his duty faithfully until, on account of his superior abilities, he was detailed as a clerk in the office of the surgeon general at Washington. Soon afterward he was discharged from the regiment on account of disability, but remained as a clerk in the office during the entire period of the war, where his duties were both arduous and responsible. His service in the army and subsequent duties undermined his health and he returned home last spring with a constitution undermined and failed rapidly till his death. His decease will be widely felt and deplored, and his relatives have the warm sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement.
Source: The Meriden (Conn.) Daily Republican, Wednesday, March 18, 1868, p. 2.
Henry W. Butler, son of Henry C. Butler, Esq., died at his father's residence on the morning of March 16, aged about twenty-five years. The deceased was a young man of more than ordinary promise, and his early death is mourned by a large circle of friends. For several years past he has resided in Washington, where he contracted the disease which caused his death. At the breaking out of the war he joined Capt. Cook's company which was attached to the third regiment, three months troops. On arriving at Hartford, the company being more than full he enlisted as a private in the 4th regiment, afterwards the 1st Connecticut artillery, discharging his duty faithfully until, on account of his superior abilities, he was detailed as a clerk in the office of the surgeon general at Washington. Soon afterward he was discharged from the regiment on account of disability, but remained as a clerk in the office during the entire period of the war, where his duties were both arduous and responsible. His service in the army and subsequent duties undermined his health and he returned home last spring with a constitution undermined and failed rapidly till his death. His decease will be widely felt and deplored, and his relatives have the warm sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement.
Source: The Meriden (Conn.) Daily Republican, Wednesday, March 18, 1868, p. 2.
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