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Private Joseph "Rebel" BUTLER was born in North Carolina, United States (USA), about 1834.[1]
He married Isabella, whose sister, Rebecca, also married a Butler.[1]
He passed away 09 May 1864 in Spotsylvania Courthouse, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States. BURIAL Spotsylvania Confederate Cemetery Spotsylvania Courthouse, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA.[1]
Company A, 30th North Carolina Infantry,[1] Ramseur's Brigade, Rodes' Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
In 1865, after the war, "a Union doctor found a skull (Butler's) on the battlefield. Historians surmise the body was hastily buried in a shallow grave and the soil eventually eroded away. The doctor labeled the skull 'Rebel Butler', apparently taking the name from bits of uniform found with it, and took it home. The skull was donated to the Henry County Historical Society Museum in New Castle, Ind., in 1923, and remained on display there for 70 years", when the U.S. Government decreed all human remains on display be returned for proper burial [Anne Gearan, Associated Press writer: “Confederate soldier’s skull buried,” The Standard Times, 26 Aug 1996]. On 8/24/1996 Pvt. Butler's skull was buried with military honors by the Dabney Maury Camp SCV.[1]
The 30th NC Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Mangum, near Raleigh, North Carolina, in October, 1861. The men were raised in the following counties: Sampson, Warren, Brunswick, Wake, Nash, Granville, Duplin, Edgecombe, Moore, and Mecklenburg.[2]
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