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William Orlando Butler 1791-1880, American general and political leader, b. Carrollton, Ky. He served in the War of 1812 and distinguished himself in the battle of New Orleans. He was a Congressman from 1839 to 1843. In the Mexican War he was a major general of volunteers and was second in command to Zachary Taylor at Monterrey, where Butler was wounded. After the fighting ended he succeeded Winfield Scott as commander in chief and superintended the evacuation of the U.S. soldiers from Mexico. In 1848 he was vice presidential candidate on the unsuccessful Democratic ticket headed by Lewis Cass . Although a slaveholder, he opposed secession and supported the Union cause in the Civil War.

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Butler, William O. (1759–1821) Revolutionary War soldier and congressman, born in Prince William County, Virginia. Butler joined the South Carolina militia in 1775 at age fifteen. He fought, under several commanders, at Great Canebrake on Reedy Creek (December 1775), at Stono (June 1779), the siege of Savannah, Georgia (1779), and the siege of Augusta, Georgia (1780). During the War of 1812, he was a major general of the South Carolina militia.

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