In the words of White, "Butler's cemetery is hallowed ground and sacred ground." The private cemetery is the final resting place for eight Black soldiers who fought for the Union during the Civil War.

There are eight Civil War veterans buried at the cemetery, and as many as 200 poor Black people from the 19th century. Butler and his wife are also buried there, too, their headstone the most ...

CAMDEN, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Volunteers spent part of their morning at Butler Cemetery in Camden, the resting place of eight African American veterans who fought in the Civil War.

A voice for Black people in Camden. Dempsey Butler was born in Virginia, and came to Camden around 1840, according to the website HistoricCamdenCounty.com.He opened a general store on Kaighn ...