. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . g so received hisdeath wound. CAPTAIN FRANCIS W BUTLER. Francis W Butler was born in Greenfield, X H., Dec. 3,1841, the only son of John D and Mary Colby (Burnham)Butler. He received his education at Milford, Francestownand Meriden, N H. Was fitted for college at Meriden andwas on his way to Dartmouth College for examination whenhe enlisted for three years. He recruited a companj ofnearly fifty men, which helped to fill the Fifth Regiment,Companj^ K, and was made second lie
. A history of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, in the American Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . g so received hisdeath wound. CAPTAIN FRANCIS W BUTLER. Francis W Butler was born in Greenfield, X H., Dec. 3,1841, the only son of John D and Mary Colby (Burnham)Butler. He received his education at Milford, Francestownand Meriden, N H. Was fitted for college at Meriden andwas on his way to Dartmouth College for examination whenhe enlisted for three years. He recruited a companj ofnearly fifty men, which helped to fill the Fifth Regiment,Companj^ K, and was made second lieutenant of that com-pany. He was mustered into the service October 12, 1861, as sec-ond lieutenant of Company K. Appointed first lieutenantCompany I, June 10, 1862; captain Company K, December15, 1862. He was wounded June 30, 1864, in the knee, infront of Petersburg, Va., while acting as aid to GeneralWm. F Smith, commanding the Eighteenth Army Corps,and died July 30, 1864, at Bennington, X H., after sufferingamputation July 20, aged 22 years, 7 months, 17 days. He also served in the signal corps. Captain Butler was. -^77
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