Butterfield Collection
Title
Butterfield Collection
Subject
Butterfield, James A. B. (1863-1865)
Sultana (Steamboat)
Soldiers
United States. Army
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Cemeteries
United States. Army. Illinois Cavalry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865)
Illinois--Oregon
Cavalry
Description
Boston-born James A. B. Butterfield fought for the Union in the Second Illinois Cavalry during the Civil War. Sergeant Butterfield died on May 6, 1865, from injuries suffered at the explosion of the SS Sultana, the largest maritime disaster in American History. Eighteen hundred of the nearly twenty-five hundred passengers aboard the Sultana perished in the explosion on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee. In addition to Butterfield, recently freed Union prisoners of war from the Andersonville Confederate Prison perished in the disaster. Corporal Butterfield rests in the Riverside Cemetery at Oregon, Ogle County, Illinois.
Images in this collection include a tintype of Corporal Butterfield and graves from Riverside Cemetery in Oregon, Illinois.
Images in this collection include a tintype of Corporal Butterfield and graves from Riverside Cemetery in Oregon, Illinois.
Collection Items
James A. B. Butterfield
Corporal James A. B. Butterfield of Oregon, Illinois, poses for a portrait in his Second Illinois Cavalry uniform.
Grave of John E. Snyder
The grave of John E. Snyder is located in Riverside Cemetery in Oregon, Illinois. Snyder fought and died at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee on April 28, 1862. On verso: "John E son of ? & M. L. Snyder (brother of Kate Snyder) Died in hospital at…
Grave of James A. B. Butterfield
The grave of James A. B. Butterfield stands in Riverside Cemetery at Oregon, Illinois. Butterfield served as a corporal in the Second Illinois Cavalry and died on May 6, 1865, from injures suffered at the explosion of the SS Sultana, the largest…
Collection Tree
- Illinois Photographic Collection
- Butterfield Collection