★★★ Seymour, Isaac G.

Isaac Gurdon Seymour​

Born: October 1804

Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia

Father: Gurdon Isaac Seymour 1773 – 1814

Mother: Catherine "Kitty" Costigan 1781 – 1833

Wife: Caroline Eulalia Whitlock 1805 – 1858

Children:

Henry Gordon Seymour 1829 – 1831​

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)​

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William Johnson Seymour 1832 – 1886​

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Caroline Eulalia Seymour 1833 – 1834

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)​

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Catherine Seymour 1834 – 1853​

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)​

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Gordon Isaac Seymour 1842 – 1842​

(Buried: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia)​

Education:

1825: Graduated from Yale University​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Macon, Georgia​

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Mayor of Macon, Georgia​

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Newspaper Editor of Georgia Messenger Newspaper​

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Served in the Seminole War​

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Served in the Mexican War rising to rank of Colonel​

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Editor of New Orleans Bulletin Newspaper​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Colonel of 6th​ Louisiana Infantry Regiment​

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1862: Participated in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign​

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1862: Acted as Brigade Commander Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia​

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1862: Killed during the Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia​

Died: June 27, 1862

Place of Death: Gaines Mill, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 57 years old

Burial Place: Rose Hill Cemetery, Macon, Georgia

 

[Pollaco]

He was leading a Louisiana brigade at Gaine's Mill when he was killed. He had just succeeded to command the day before when he temporarily took over for the ill General Richard Taylor.

 

[Pollaco]

When his obituary appeared in occupied New Orleans General Benjamin Butler was angered and had Seymour's son jailed.

 

[danny]

When his obituary appeared in occupied New Orleans General Benjamin Butler was angered and had Seymour's son jailed.

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