. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . ths. He had for some time been troubled by what was supposedto be a liver-difficulty; and it began to appear that he was un-fitted for further field-service. An examination by the sur-geon of the department resulted in a discharge for disability,signed Feb. 5, 1863. After his return home, he re-enlisted for one hundred days,Aug. 6, 1863; and served his time as patrol in the city ofAlexandria, and as picket on the Orange and Alexandria Rail-road, without incident of much note. His
. The town of Wayland in the civil war of 1861-1865, as represented in the army and navy of the American union .. . ths. He had for some time been troubled by what was supposedto be a liver-difficulty; and it began to appear that he was un-fitted for further field-service. An examination by the sur-geon of the department resulted in a discharge for disability,signed Feb. 5, 1863. After his return home, he re-enlisted for one hundred days,Aug. 6, 1863; and served his time as patrol in the city ofAlexandria, and as picket on the Orange and Alexandria Rail-road, without incident of much note. His final discharge wasgiven Feb. 11, 1864. Mr. Butterfield resides in Wayland, engaged in shoe-manu-facturing. He was married to Mary Hersey of Wayland in1866. * On reaching Washington, he went to the provost-marshal, and told him just what he haddone. The officer was in good humor, and cautioned our soldier against repeating such anoffence against military rules. But, said he, seeing you have done it so adroitly this time,I will excuse it; handing him at the same time a pass to proceed. John Calvin S introductory to the narrative of Mr. Butterfield,there are two points of interest worthy of men-tion, — first, he was the only Wayland soldier whovolunteered when beyond the period of life re-quired for military duty ; and, second, his is theonly instance among the citizens of the townwhere the patriotic spirit so pervaded a family asto prompt the father and two sons to voluntaryservice in the army at the same time. Other men could have been far easier spared from their fami-lies than Mr. Butterfield : but he paused not to debate relativepositions and obligations; he chose, instead, the nobler part ofsetting an example of patriotic devotion, by enlisting with hissecond son as a private soldier in Company I (Capt. Brigham),of the Thirty-ninth Regiment of Infantry, Aug. i, 1862. His parents were William and Lavina (Case) Butterfield; andhe was born at Antrim, , on
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