. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . soon as he was able, Mr. Butterfieldwas detailed to take charge of the culinary department of thehospital. He occupied this position, with full acceptance, for severalmonths, and until his discharge for disability, which was signedFeb. 11, 1864. Wliile in the army, Mr. Butterfield held in great detestationthose men at the North, who under cover of a desire for peace,and in other ways, betrayed their sympathies for the of his letters from the army has the following: — H
. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . soon as he was able, Mr. Butterfieldwas detailed to take charge of the culinary department of thehospital. He occupied this position, with full acceptance, for severalmonths, and until his discharge for disability, which was signedFeb. 11, 1864. Wliile in the army, Mr. Butterfield held in great detestationthose men at the North, who under cover of a desire for peace,and in other ways, betrayed their sympathies for the of his letters from the army has the following: — He professed to be a good Union man, yet all the while was 62 JOHN CALVIN BUTTERFIELD. abetting and encouraging the rebels. Now that he is caught, Ihope he will be punished. Such as he surely deserve it morethan they who openly and avowedly are traitors to theircountry. Copperheadism at the North is more disastrous in its resultsthan a severe defeat in battle. Mr. Butterfield was married to Mary Ward of Wayland, July19, 1836; and was the father of eleven children when heenlisted. Charles Benjamin HARLES BENJAMIN was the second son ofJohn C. and Mary (Ward) Butterfield. He en-listed as a soldier in the Union army on the sameday with his father; viz., Aug. i, 1862. He hadjust passed his eighteenth year ; and it is to be pre-sumed, that, in common with all young men of hisage, the natural desire for novelty, and especiallythe inspiriting effect of military display, with itspromise of glory, had their legitimate effect in drawing himinto the ranks. But, on the other hand, it is not to be doubted,that, whatever motives urged him at first, no man would holdto the grit through tramp and battle and prison-pen as did thissoldier, true as steel to his country, without a genuine patrioticlove for that country, and a vital determination to preserve itsintegrity at whatever hazard of personal interest. In the same company with his father, and passing throughthe same general e
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