1. Truman Seymour was a career soldier and an accomplished painter.
20 Facts About Truman Seymour
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Truman Seymour served in the Union Army during the American Civil War, rising to the rank of major general.
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Truman Seymour was present at the Battle of Fort Sumter.
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Truman Seymour commanded the Union troops at the Battle of Olustee, the only major Civil War battle fought in Florida.
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Truman Seymour graduated in 1846, ranked nineteenth in a class of fifty-nine graduates.
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Truman Seymour was promoted to captain on November 22,1860.
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Major Truman Seymour commanded the 5th Regiment of Artillery and the US Camp of Instruction at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from December 1861 to March 1862.
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Truman Seymour was Chief of Artillery for General George A McCall's division of Pennsylvania Reserves from March 6,1862, until July 25,1862.
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Truman Seymour performed well at the battles of Second Bull Run, South Mountain, and Antietam in the latter half of 1862, especially in his brigade's capture of Frosttown Gap, Maryland, on September 14.
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Truman Seymour received the brevet from the regular army of lieutenant colonel after South Mountain and that of colonel after Antietam.
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Truman Seymour had placed the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in the vanguard of what most thought would be a feckless attack.
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General Truman Seymour's force returned, defeated, to Jacksonville, where Union troops retained control until the war ended.
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Truman Seymour was present at General Robert E Lee's surrender on April 9,1865.
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Truman Seymour was mustered out of the volunteers on August 24,1865 but stayed in the Regular United States Army.
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Truman Seymour served again in the 5th Artillery, and later commanded forts in Florida; Fort Warren, Massachusetts ; and Fort Preble, Maine.
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Truman Seymour retired from the army on November 1,1876.
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Truman Seymour received the degree of AM from Williams College in 1865.
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Truman Seymour spent his retirement in Europe and died while living in Florence, Italy.
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Truman Seymour was buried there in the Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori.
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Truman Seymour was a watercolor painter, and his painting became prolific in Europe during his retirement.