For the briefest of moments, I thought it possible collateral paternal kin and one of my maternal ancestors had served together in the the Wisconsin Infantry during the U.S. Civil War. I discovered the Civil War military records for Jared Jerry Towers, who married Amanda Wright. Jared was the father of Jay W. Towers, brother-in-law of my great-grandmother, Ione (Franklin) Wright. Jared enlisted 17 May 1861 in and was mustered out 21 August 1861 of the 1st Wisconsin Infantry.
My maternal ancestor, George A. Butterfield, had also enlisted, albeit briefly, in the Wisconsin Infantry and the 1st Infantry held a familiar ring to it. However, upon checking the records, it was clear the two men had no contact with each other during the Civil War. Towers had enlisted in the 1st Infantry in 1861, while Butterfield had enlisted temporarily in the 51st Infantry in 1865 before returning to the service of his original Minnesota Cavalry unit - he served as a corporal in both militias.
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