to Jacksonville, where Union troops retained control until the war ended. The last year of the war After Olustee, General Seymour retained command of the District of Florida until March 28, 1864. He then returned to Virginia and led Robert H. Milroy's former brigade as part of the Third Division of VI Corps in the Battle of the Wilderness that May. He was captured there in a flank attack by Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon, as was Brig. Gen. Alexander Shaler. After his exchange on August 9, Seymour took command of the Third Division of VI Corps, after James B. Ricketts was wounded, in the last stages of the Shenandoah Valley and the final battles of Petersburg, the Sayler's Creek, and the Appomattox Campaign. He was present at General Robert E. Lee's surrender on April 9, 1865. On January 13, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Seymour for appointment to the brevet grade of major general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865 and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on March 12, 1866. On April 10, 1866, President Johnson nominated Seymour for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general United States Army (Regular Army (United States)), to rank from March 13, 1865, and the Senate confirmed the appointment on May 4, 1866. Postbellum career Seymour was mustered out of the volunteers on August 24, 1865 but stayed in the Regular United States Army. He served again in the 5th Artillery, and later commanded forts in Florida; Fort Warren, Massachusetts (1869–70); and Fort Preble, Maine (1870–75). He retired from the army on November 1, 1876. He received the degree of A.M. from Williams College in 1865. Seymour spent his retirement in Europe and died while living in Florence, Italy. He was buried there in the Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori. Seymour was also a watercolor painter, and his painting became prolific in Europe during his retirement. Although he is believed to have never sold his paintings, his body of work survives in museums and private collections. Gallery See also List of American Civil War generals (Union) John C. Waugh, The Class of 1846, Ballantine Books, New York, 1994. Water Color and Drawings by Brevet Maj. Gen. Truman Seymour, Exhibition Catalog, United States Military Academy, Kent Ahrens, 1974. The Drawings and Watercolors by Truman Seymour, organized by the Everhart Museum, Scranton, 1986. References External links Union Generals General Seymour and