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 ====== 300. Maj.-Gen. Truman Seymour ======
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+. MAJ.-GEN. TRUMAN<sup>8</sup> SEYMOUR
+(//[[232.truman|Truman]]//<sup>7</sup>, //[[132.truman|Truman]]//<sup>6</sup>,
+//[[066.timothy|Timothy]]//<sup>5</sup>,
+//[[021.timothy|Timothy]]//<sup>4</sup>, //[[008.john|John]]//<sup>3</sup>,
+//[[003.john|John]]//<sup>2</sup>, //[[001.richard|Richard]]//<sup>1</sup>),
+born at Burlington, Vt, 25 Sept. 1824, died at Florence, Italy, 31 Oct. 1891;
+married 11 Aug. 1852, LOUISE WEIR, born at New York City, 11 Nov. 1832, daughter
+of Prof. Robert Walter and Louisa (Ferguson).
+He was graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, as 2d
+Lieutenant, 1st Artillery, 1 July 1846. He served in the War with Mexico, and
+was present at the Battles of Cerro Gordo, 17-18 Apr. 1847, La Hoya, 20 June
+, Contreras, 19-20 Aug. 1847, Churubusco, 20 Aug. 1847, assault and capture
+of City of Mexico, 13-14 Sept. 1847. He was commissioned 1st Lieutenant, 1st
+Artillery, 26 Aug. 1847. From 1850 to 1853 he was assistant professor of drawing
+at West Point. He served in Florida against the Seminoles, 1856-58, and was in
+Europe, 1859-60; commissioned Captain, 1st Artillery, 22 Nov. 1860.
+He served throughout the Civil War, being stationed at Fort Sumter from 26 Dec.
+to 14 Apr. 1861. He was transferred to the 5th Artillery, 14 May 1861, and
+was made Brigadier-General of U. S. Volunteers, 28 Apr. 1862, serving in the
+various campaigns in Virginia and Maryland. He commanded the left wing at
+Mechanics-ville, 26 June, leading a division at Malvern Hill, 1 July. He
+participated at Bull Run, 29-30 Aug., South Mountain, 14 Sept., and Antietam, 17
+Sept.
+After 18 Nov. 1862, he was in the Department of the South, serving as Chief of
+Staff and Artillery. In 1863 he took part in the attack on Morris Island, 10
+July; and commanded the assault on Fort Wagner, 18 July, where he was wounded.
+He commanded the expedition to Florida, Feb. 1864; commanded a division of the
+th Corps, Army of the Potomac, in the Battle of the Wilderness, 5-6 May, where
+he was captured "under fire." Exchanged 9 Aug. 1864, he commanded the 3d
+Division, 6th Corps, in Shenandoah Valley that autumn, and before Petersburg,
+-65, and took part in the attack of 26 Mar. and the general assault of 2
+Apr. He was present at the capitulation of Lee, Appomattox, 9 Apr. 1865.
+Mustered out of volunteer service, 24 Aug. 1865, he was commissioned Major of
+the 5th Artillery, 13 Aug. 1866, and commanded forts in Florida, Fort Warren,
+Mass., in 1869-70, and Fort Preble, Me., in 1870-75. He was retired from active
+service, 1 Nov. 1876.
+Brevet 1st Lieut., 18 Apr. 1847, "for gallant and meritorious conduct in the
+Battle of Cerro Gordo, Mexico." Brevet Captain, 20 Aug. 1847, "for gallant and
+meritorious conduct in the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico." Brevet
+Major, 14 Apr. 1861, "for gallant and meritorious services in the defence of
+Fort Sumter, S. C." Brevet Lieut. Colonel, 14 Sept. 1862, "for gallant and
+meritorious services in the battle of South Mountain, Md." Brevet Colonel, 17
+Sept. 1862, "for gallant and meritorious services in the battle of Antietam,
+Md." Brevet Brigadier-General, 13 Mar. 1865, "for gallant and meritorious
+services in the capture of Petersburg, Md." Brevet Major General, 13 Mar. 1865,
+"for gallant and meritorious services in the field during the War." Brevet Major
+General, U. S. Volunteers, 13 Mar. 1865, "for ability and energy in handling his
+Division, and for gallantry and valuable services in action."
+Gen. Seymour was an artist of ability, and after his retirement from the Army
+went abroad and settled in Florence. He received the degree of A.M. from
+Williams College, Mass., 1865. He was proficient in painting in water color, and
+in Europe devoted himself to this, to sketching, and to the study of art
+collections. A nephew states: "He was a good flute player, and wrote the bugle
+calls used in our army. He was slender and of good height and very grizzled as I
+knew him. He spoke with decision and was no pussy-foot." He also states that
+after the General's capture in the Civil War, when being taken to Richmond by
+train, he made a speech to the assembled mob from the rear platform, telling
+them that if they attempted an invasion of the North, the women would come out
+with their brooms and sweep them into the sea.
+Gen. Truman Seymour felt a great interest in the family history, and deserves
+recognition as one of its earliest historians. He wrote in 1880: "In 1857 or ‘58
+Prof. N. P. Seymour very kindly supplied me with the foundation for my labors
+and I then intended to obtain only the history of my own branch; ill health in
+compelled me to be abroad for one year: on my return in 1860 the war
+interfered with my progress, and after the war my duties demanded all my
+attention. I found that it would be the work of a lifetime to embrace the whole
+family." He nevertheless collected and compiled a very complete record of his
+branch, which he afterwards turned over to Miss Mary Kingsbury Talcott, among
+whose papers it has been found.
+//The Dictionary of American Biography// contains a comprehensive account of
+General Seymour and sums up his character as follows: "Brave and steady as a
+leader, he was modest and unaggressive in the promotion of his own ambitions. He
+won the regard of his subordinates by uniform courtesy and unfailing care for
+their welfare. He was, however, a man of strong prejudices with a tendency to
+impulsive action which retarded the advancement his training, experience and
+devotion would otherwise have merited."
+The tablet to his memory in the Memorial Hall at West Point bears a very fine
+bas-relief of him by Launt Thompson, which was incorporated in the design of the
+tablet by his wife's nephew, Edward P. Casey. The portrait of him in the present
+volume was painted by his father-in-law, Prof. Robert Weir of West Point, now at
+the "Bishop's House," Providence, R. I., owned by Prof. Weir's granddaughter,
+wife of the Rt. Rev. James DeWolfe Perry, Bishop of Rhode Island.
+^ Child, born at Waterford, N.Y.: ^^
+| i. | TRUMAN STEWART<sup>9</sup>, b. 27 May 1859; d. at West Point, 28 Sept. 1859. |
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