Thomas Seymore

Gravestone of Thomas Seymore in Gettysburg National Cemetery

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Quick Facts

Significance:

Sergeant, 1st Infantry, Company B

Place of Birth:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date of Birth:

1842

Place of Death:

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Date of Death:

July 3, 1863

Place of Burial:

Delaware, Row A, Site #2

Cemetery Name:

Gettysburg National Cemetery

Delaware, Row A, Site #2

Thomas Seymore (Seymour) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1842 and moved to Wilmington, Delaware where he worked as a laborer. Enlisting in September 1861, he was promoted to corporal in March 1862 and to sergeant in March the following year.
On July 3 1863, during the Battle of Gettysburg, sergeant Seymore was killed instantly by a 12-pound cannonball, striking him directly in the chest.

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