SEYMOUR, Truman

Affiliation:  Union

Born: September 24 1824, Burlington VT

Died: October 30 1891, Florence, Italy

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1846, Mexican war, instructor at West Point, artillery duty, Seminole war.

War Service: 1861 Capt. at Fort Sumter, Washington defenses, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde/3rd Divn/V Corps at Seven Days, commanded 1st Bde/3rd Divn/III Corps at Second Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Charleston Harbor (w), Olustee, commanded 2nd Bde/3rd Divn/VI Corps at Wilderness (c), exchanged 3 months later, commanded 3rd Divn/VI Corps in the Shenandoah Valley campaign, Petersburg, Appomattox campaign, Sayler's Creek.

Post War: Army service in the artillery, retired 1876