William Butler - Military

Military

  • William Butler (colonel) (died 1789), American Revolutionary War soldier from Pennsylvania, one of five Butler brothers in the war
  • William Butler (1759–1821), American Revolutionary War soldier, 1790s militia general, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
  • William Butler (militiaman) (died 1818), U.S. militia captain killed in the Creek War, namesake of Butler County, Alabama
  • William Orlando Butler (1791–1880), U.S. soldier in the War of 1812 and Mexican-American War, 1848 Democratic vice-presidential candidate
  • Sir William Francis Butler (1838–1910), 19th century British Army lieutenant general and adventurer
  • William Boynton Butler (1894–1972), British Army soldier awarded a Victoria Cross

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