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Civil War Soldiers - Seymour
| Seymour, Truman, brigadier-general,
U.S. Army, was born in Burlington, Vt., Sept. 25, 1824. He was
graduated at the United States military academy and appointed brevet
2nd lieutenant 1st artillery, July 1, 1846; was promoted 2nd
lieutenant March 3, and 1st lieutenant Aug. 26, 1847; captain Nov. 22,
1860; was transferred to the 5th artillery, May 14, 1861; promoted
major, Aug 13, 1866; and was retired, Nov. 1, 1876. In the volunteer
army he was commissioned brigadier- general on April 26, 1862;
brevetted major-general on March 13, 1865, and was mustered out of the
service on Aug. 24, following. During his military career he was
brevetted 1st lieutenant on April 18, 1847, for gallantry at Cerro
Gordo; captain on Aug. 20 following, for conduct at Contreras and
Churubusco; major on April 13, 1861, for the defense of Fort Sumter;
lieutenant-colonel, Sept. 14, and colonel Sept. 17, 1862, for
gallantry at South mountain and Antietam; and brigadier-general and
major-general on March 18, 1865, for services at Petersburg and during
the war, and for "ability and energy in handling his division and for
gallantry and valuable services in action." In his long service he
distinguished himself in the Mexican, the Seminole, and the Civil
wars. He was a member of Maj. Anderson's staff in the defense of Fort
Sumter. Among his brilliant feats in the Civil war were his leading in
the unsuccessful assault on Fort Wagner, where he was severely
wounded, and his three hours' battle with the Confederates under Gen.
Joseph Finegan, near Olustee, Fla., whence he was forced to retire to
Jacksonville. He was taken prisoner in the battle of the Wilderness on
May 6, 1864, and, by order of Gen. Samuel Jones, was placed in the
line of fire of the Federal batteries on Morris island. After his
release on Aug. 9, he commanded a division in the Shenandoah valley
and Richmond campaigns, and was conspicuous in the siege of and final
attack on Petersburg. After the war he commanded forts in Florida,
Fort Warren, Mass., and Fort Preble, Me., till his retirement. He then
lived in Europe, most of the time in Florence, Italy, at which place
he died on Oct. 30, 1891. Source: The Union Army: A History of Military Affairs in the Loyal
States 1861-1865, Volume 8 Biographical, 1908
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