Person:Arthur St Clair (2)

19 Nov 1791 Edward Butler (soldier) He was a captain in the Second Regiment of Pennsylvania Levies under Major General Arthur St. Clair. According to the Military journal of Ebenezer Denny. After suffering a defeat at the Battle of the Wabash Major Denny writes, "In the evening take leave of our friends at Fort Washington and embark on board a fourteen oar barge. The boat's company consists of Captain Edward Butler and twenty-two of his men, who were raised about Pittsburgh, and for the sake of getting home have volunteered this service. Passangers are Captain Buel, of the second regiment, who arrived at Fort Washington some short time after the army marched from thence, and where he chose to remain. He is now returning home; and Adjutant Crawford and Quarter-master Semple, of the Pennsylvania levies (later known as 2nd Infantry Regiment (United States). Crawford is an old Revolutionary officer of some merit. He received a shot in the late action, which is lodged somewhere about the chest, but appears not at all disabled. Semple is a fine companionable man, who has seen better times. We promise ourselves as pleasant a passage as circumstances and the lateness of the season will admit." They reached Pittsburgh on the night of December 11, 1791.

"Though I do not remember my grandmother Balfour of Pilrig, I remember a sister of hers and a brother's widow. That brother will be mentioned when I treat of the Hamiltons. The sister, Elizabeth Hamilton, when I knew her was widow to the Rev. Daniel St. Clair, minister of Longformacus. She had two sons whom I never saw, they being abroad. The youngest either died or was killed in the Seven Years' War; the eldest, Arthur, was a subaltern in that war, in which he fought for his country. He never came home, and in the American War he fought against his country, became a general, and was afterwards member of the Congress at New York. He married and had a family, but I have no notice of them."