Seymour

Seymour 1 Town (1990 pop. 14,288), New Haven co., SW Conn., on the Naugatuck River; settled c.1678, inc. 1850. The town's manufacturing industries decline since the mid-1900s, but cable and wire, electronic components and hardware, car racks, and concrete are produced. 2 City (1990 pop. 15,576), Jackson co., SE Ind.; inc. 1864. A shipping center for a farm area, it is also a manufacturing city.

Seymour, Jane (c.1509–37) Third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI. She married Henry in 1536 and finally provided the king with the male heir he wanted, although she died twelve days afterwards.

Seymour, Truman (1824–91) Union army officer, born in Vermont. Seymour fought in the Mexican War (1846–48). At the outbreak of the Civil War, he had a leading role in the defense of Fort Sumter (1861), earning a brevet to major. In 1862 he was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers and given command of the Pennsylvania Reserve Division; he participated in fierce fighting during the Peninsular campaign that year. He was also present at the Second Battle of Bull Run (1862) and at Antietam (1862). In 1864 he suffered a major defeat in an expedition to return Florida to the Union. His troops also performed poorly in the Battle of the Wilderness (1864); Seymour himself was captured but later exchanged. He was more successful at Petersburg, where he earned brevets to major general in the volunteer and the regular armies.