Killed in Action, Gettysburg, Pa
Co I 2nd SCVC
22 yrs of age

Another brave and gallant spirit has fallen! Thomas Lowndes Butler died in the great battle at Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Struck by a Minnie ball, he fell lifeless from his horse without speaking a word or uttering a groan. He was the son of Dr. William Butler, formerly a representative from Greenville District and a younger brother of that preux chevalier, Col. Calbraith M. Butler, of the 2nd Regiment of South Carolina Calvary, Hampton's Brigade, who recently lost his leg in the Battle of Brandy Station. The deceased was only 21 years old.
At the commencement of this terrible revolution, he volunteered his services as a private in a troop of calvary raised by his brother in Edgefield District, and has constantly and faithfully served his country ever since in most of the cavalry fights in Virginia. He was modest and unassuming, always ready for duty, however arduous or hazardous and possessed all the other characteristics of true courage. In Battle, no one was more cool and self-possessed. With Manly courage he united, in an eminent degree, a woman's kindness and gentleness, which greatly endeared him to his fellow soldiers. He declined a Lieutenantcy in the regular Army, because it was not his purpose to make arms his profession after the war was over. His loss is a sad bereavement to his family and friends. It has wrung a widowed mother's heart with anguish which none but a mother can feel so deeply- a mother who has still, five other sons now in the service of her country.

Source: The Edgefield Advertiser
July 29, 1893
(transcribed by: Linda}

Article Courtesy of:
R. Anderson, Findagrave contributor