Life span: 09/24/1824 to 10/03/1891TabsLife SummaryFull name: Truman SeymourPlace of Birth: Burlington, VTBurial Place: Florence, ItalyBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: NorthOrigins: Free StateEducation: West Point (US Military Academy)OtherOther Education: Norwich University (VT)Occupation: MilitaryWriter or ArtistRelation to Slavery: White non-slaveholderChurch or Religious Denomination: MethodistMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War)Union Army Events Date span begin Life span End Event 07/18/1863 07/18/1863 On Morris Island, South Carolina, Confederate defenders of Fort Wagner beat back a second heavy attack 07/18/1863 07/18/1863 The African-American 54th Massachusetts earns fame across the North with its brave attempt to storm Fort Wagner Documents Subject Docs Date Title 08/02/1864 Bangor (ME) Whig and Courier, “The Destruction of Chambersburg,” August 2, 1864 Images Truman Seymour Truman Seymour, detail Bibliography
