Archibald Willingham Butt Memorial Bridge
In Honor Of
Archibald Willingham Butt
Born in Augusta Sept. 26, 1865.
Graduated in the University
of the South, 1880
Major in the United States Army.
Trusted Aide-de-Camp
of two presidents.
Major Butt went to his death
on the steamer Titanic after
the rescue of the women and
children from that ill-fated
vessel, April 15, 1912.
In memory of his noble and lovable
qualities as a man, his courage and
high sense of duty as a soldier
WH Taft
Marker is on 15th Street near The Augusta Canal, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
