Fighting Butlers

Last updated September 26, 2025

The five Fighting Butlers were brothers of Irish extraction who settled in Carlisle, colonial Pennsylvania, and were involved in the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of the Wabash, and the American settlement of the region surrounding the mouth of the Mississippi River.^[1]

The brothers were, from oldest to youngest:

Richard Butler (1743–1791), killed in the Northwest Indian War
William Butler (d. 1789), involved in the Battle of Monmouth and Sullivan Expedition
Thomas (1748–1805), 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, severely wounded in the Northwest Indian War
Percival Butler (1760–1821), 2nd Pennsylvania Regiment, an adjutant general of Kentucky in the War of 1812
Edward (1762–1803), 9th Pennsylvania Regiment and the Northwest Indian War, adjutant general of the U.S. Army

References

↑ Brubaker, Jack (2024-06-03). "Thomas Butler's gun shop and the old man who lived there [The Scribbler]". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2025-09-25.

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[1] Brubaker, Jack (2024-06-03). "Thomas Butler's gun shop and the old man who lived there [The Scribbler]". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2025-09-25.

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