Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society
Description
Joseph G. Butler of Presque Isle mustered in with the 7th Regiment Infantry in Augusta on August 21, 1861. Butler was born in 1838 and enlisted at the age of 23.
Lt. Butler and his men served in Baltimore, Maryland, and Alexandria, Virginia. Butler was killed in battle at Fredericksburg on May 3, 1863 and is buried in Orneville Cemetery, Township of Orneville, Piscataquis County.
About This Item
- Title: Lt. Joseph G. Butler, Presque Isle, 1861
- Creation Date: circa 1861
- Subject Date: circa 1861
- Location: Presque Isle, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Carte de visite
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Maine--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Portrait photographs
- Soldiers--Maine--Presque Isle
- United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 7th (1861-1864)
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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Presque Isle Historical SocietyPO Box 285, Presque Isle, ME 04769
(207) 762-1151
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