Samuel F Butler

(? - 1862)
Home State: Mississippi
Command Billet: Regimental Lt Colonel
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 11th Mississippi Infantry

Before the Antietam Campaign:
From Jan - April 1861 he was Adjutant of [Charles A. ] Albert's Regiment, stationed at Pensacola, Florida. He was elected Major of the 11th Mississippi on 4 May 1861 as the regiment was formed.

In the Antietam Campaign:
He relieved mortally wounded Col Liddell on the evening of 16 September in command of the regiment, and was himself mortally wounded in combat on the morning of the 17th.

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