Samuel G. Button - West Winfield, NY
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N 42° 53.065 W 075° 11.802
18T E 483937 N 4747998
The family grave of Samuel G. Button, who was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia during the Civil War, is located in West Winfield Cemetery, West Winfield, NY. Samuel G. Button
Waymark Code: WMY3ZP
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 04/16/2018
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The family grave of Samuel G. Button is a 10' tall granite obelisk set on a square base. On the bottom of the base is the family name
BUTTON in raised capital letters. On the north side is the in the inscription for Samuel G. Button:
SAMUEL G. BUTTON
121 REGT. N.Y.V.
KILLED AT SPOTTSYLVANIA
MAY 10, 1864
AGED 22 YEARS.
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HIS TOILS ARE PAST HIS WORK IS DONE.
AND HE IS FULLY BLEST.
HE FOUGHT THE FIGHT THE VICTORY WON.
AND ENTERS INTO REST.
Information from the casualty list from the website link:
NY 121 B Button Samuel G. Private
Age, 20 years. Enlisted, August 11, 1862, at Winfield, to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. B, August 23, 1862; promoted corporal, February 1, 1864; killed, May 10, 1864, at Spotsylvania, Va.
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