Seymour, Truman

Life Span
to
Full name
Truman Seymour
Place of Birth
Burlington, VT
Burial Place
Florence, Italy
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
Education
West Point (US Military Academy)
Other
Other Education
Norwich University (VT)
Occupation
Military
Writer or Artist
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Church or Religious Denomination
Methodist
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
On Morris Island, South Carolina, Confederate defenders of Fort Wagner beat back a second heavy attack
The African-American 54th Massachusetts earns fame across the North with its brave attempt to storm Fort Wagner
Date Title
Bangor (ME) Whig and Courier, “The Destruction of Chambersburg,” August 2, 1864
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