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Battles
of the Civil War screen
saver is dedicated to the memory of Edward Seamon.
In
1862, at the age of 18, he joined the 44th Alabama Infantry,
and served as a Private in Company B, the "Scottsville
Guards", of the Confederate States Army. He fought
in many major battles, including the second Battle of Manassas
(Bull Run), Gettysburg, Chickamauga, The Wilderness, and
Spotsylvania.
He
is listed on the Regiment's Roster of those present during
the final roll call at Appomattox
Courthouse, Virginia, when Robert E. Lee, Commanding
General of the Army of Northern Virginia, surrendered his
men to
Ulysses Grant, General-in-Chief of all United States
forces, on April 9, 1865. There were few survivors from
Company
B.
Edward Seamon died in Alabama on January 22, 1917,
age 73. |