Maj. Gen. Truman Seymour
Born: September 24, 1824
Burlington, Vermont
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Died: October 30, 1891
Florence, Italy
1846: 2nd Lieutenant
1848: Brevet Captain
1st Lieutenant
November 22, 1860: Captain
1861: Brevet Major
April 30, 1862: Brigadier General
September 1862: Brevet from Regular Army of Lieutenant Colonel
March 12, 1866: Brevet Major General
May 4, 1866: Brevet Brigadier General of U.S. Regular Army
August 24, 1865: Mustered out of Volunteers
November 1, 1876: Retired
Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour
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1846: West Point Graduate - 19th out of 59
1846: Brevet 2nd Lieutenant and assigned to 1st U.S. Artillery
1846-1848: Mexican/American War
April 18, 1848: Battle of Cerro Gordo
August 19, 1848: Battle of Contreras
August 20, 1848: Battle of Churubusco
Brevetted Captain for performances at Contreras and Churubusco
Promoted to 1st Lieutenant
1850-1853: Assistant professor of drawing at West Point
1856-1858: Third Seminole War in Florida
November 22, 1860: Promoted to Captain
1860: Assigned to Fort Moultrie preparing for the upcoming war
April 1861: Battle of Fort Sumter - Commanded an artillery company in defense against the Southern barrage
For his actions, received the rank of Brevet Major
December 1861-March 1862: Commanded the 5th Regiment of Artillery and U.S. Corps of Instruction at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
March 6, 1862-July 25, 1862: Chief of Artillery for Gen. George A. McCall's Division of Pennsylvania Reserves
April 5, 1862: Nominated for Brigadier General by President Lincoln. Appointment official on April 30, 1862.
Peninsula Campaign
Seven Days Battles
June 26, 1862: Battle of Mechanicsville
June 27, 1862: Battle of Gaines Mill
June 30, 1862: Battle of Glendale
July 1, 1862: Battle of Malvern Hill
After the Peninsula Campaign, the Pennsylvania Reserves joined the III Corps of the Army of Virginia
August 29-30, 1862: 2nd Battle of Bull Run
Maryland Campaign
September 14, 1862: Battle of South Mountain
September 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam
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Received brevet from regular army of Lieutenant Colonel after South Mountain
Colonel after Antietam
January 8-April 23, 1863: Department of the South Chief of Staff
July 18, 1863: Attack on Fort Wagner. Seriously wounded by grapeshot. Saw little action for the rest of 1863.
Maj. Gen. Gilmore, commander of the Department of the South, placed Seymour in charge of the newly formed District of Florida
February 20, 1864: Battle of Olustee - While inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy (1,000 of 5,000), his unit received 2,000 casualties out of 5,500 men. Returned to Jacksonville, where he remained until March 28, 1864.
Returned to Virginia where he led Robert H. Milroy's former brigade as part of the 3rd Division of VI Corps in Battle of the Wilderness
Was captured in a flank attack by Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon
August 9, 1864: After his exchange, took command of the 3rd Division of VI Corps after Gen. Ricketts was wounded in the last stages of the Shenandoah Valley
Final Battle of Petersburg
April 6, 1865: Battle of Saylor's Creek
April 9, 1865: Present at General Lee's surrender
January 13, 1866: President Johnson nominated Seymour for brevet grade of Major General of Volunteers effective March 13, 1865. Senate approved promotion on March 12, 1866
On April 10, 1866, was nominated for brevet Brigadier General of United States Regular Army effective March 13, 1865.
August 24, 1865: Mustered out of Volunteers, but stayed in Regular Army
Served in 5th U.S. Artillery
Commanded forts in Florida
1869-1870: Commander, Fort Warren, Massachusetts
1870-1875: Commander, Fort Preble, Maine
November 1, 1876: Retired
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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 733-734
Truman Seymour. 20 July 2019. web. 23 April 2020.
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964. p 432-433
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