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William Henry Seward
Birth: 6-18-1839
Death: 4-29-1920
Nickname: Will
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Seward was born in Auburn, New York. His father, William Henry Seward, Sr., had just taken office as Governor of New York when he was born, and his mother, Frances Adeline Seward, was the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller, a law partner of Seward who had built the family home in Auburn in 1816.
Educated at home, Seward became interested in finance and later started a partnership with Clinton McDougall, was private secretary to his father, then a U.S. Senator from New York, in 1860, and opened a private bank in Auburn in 1861. He left banking on August 22, 1862 to join the Union Army in the U.S. Civil War.
Seward was appointed lieutenant colonel of New York's 138th Infantry Regiment, which became the 9th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment in December 1862.[1][2][3] The regiment served in the defenses of Washington, D.C. until it was converted back to an infantry regiment and sent to the Army of the Potomac because of the losses sustained by that army in the Overland Campaign.[2] After fighting at the Battle of Cold Harbor,[2] Seward was appointed colonel of the regiment on June 10, 1864.[1][2]
A few weeks after Seward's promotion to colonel, his regiment was sent north to meet the threat to Washington, D.C. posed by Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early's Valley Campaigns of 1864.[1][2][3] Seward was slightly wounded in his arm and suffered a broken leg when his horse fell on him after the horse was shot at the Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864.[1][2][3] He was promoted to brigadier general on September 13, 1864 and in January 1865 was assigned to command a brigade in the Department of West Virginia, which he did until April 1865.[1][2][3] He was thereafter known within his family as "The General". Seward commanded the 3rd Division for 6 days after Confederate partisan rangers captured Brigadier General George Crook on February 20, 1865.[1][2][3]
Seward resigned his commission on June 1, 1865.[1][2] After the war, Seward returned to banking and lived with his wife, Janet MacNeil Watson Seward (1839–1913), in the family homestead in Auburn, New York. In addition to his banking career, he engaged in politics, charitable work, and patriotic and historic societies and he became a director of several corporations.[2] He had three children: Cornelia Margaret Seward Allen (1862–1921), William Henry Seward III (November 10, 1864–February 16, 1951)[4] and Frances Janet Seward Messenger (1880–1957).
William Henry Seward, Jr. died in Auburn, New York on April 26, 1920 at the age of 80, and is buried in Auburn's Fort Hill Cemetery,[1] next to his father.
Letter References
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, May 31, 1868
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to William Henry Seward, December 11, 1868
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, May 2, 1869
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, November 4, 1868
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, November, 1868
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to William Henry Seward, September 8, 1868
Letter from William Henry Seward to Janet Watson Seward, April 23, 1868
Letter from Corneila Seward Allen to William Henry Seward, February 9, 1868
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden to Frederick William Seward, November, 1865
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, August 9, 1865
Telegram from Clarence Armstrong Seward to Janet Watson Seward, June 22, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 20, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, February 24, 1865
Telegram from Frederick William Seward to Janet Watson Seward, April 9, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 3, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, September 23, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anne Wharton Seward, August 4, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June, 24 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 18, 1864
Telegram from Augustus Henry Seward to Frederick William Seward, July 10, 1864
Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, July, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 6, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 8, 1864
Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Frances Miller Seward, Feburary 11, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, November 15, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, October 2, 1864
Letter from Augustus Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 2, 1844
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January, 1859
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Miller Seward, March 18, 1860
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 28, 1860
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 11, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, October 13, 1864
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, August 24, 1865
Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, July 11, 1865
Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, July 14, 1865
Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 18, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anna Wharton Seward, April 2, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 26, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, March 8, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 23, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, March, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 2, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 5, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 10, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 11, 1861
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August, 1861
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 5, 1864
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 26, 1864
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Frederick William Seward, November 23, 1864
Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, March 31, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, August 28, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, July 25, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anne Wharton Seward, July 7, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, July 3, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, August 3, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, July, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, June 1, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, June 7, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anna Wharton Seward, June 22, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 1, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, June 12, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, May 15, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, May 30, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anna Wharton Seward, May, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anna Wharton Seward, May 26, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Clarinda Miller McClallen, December 22, 1849
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, February 1, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 26, 1849
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, February 15, 1849
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 15, 1849
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 7, 1849
Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 5, 1848
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 28, 1860
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 23, 1859
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 27, 1859
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 12, 1859
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 1, 1859
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 1, 1859
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 28, 1859
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, December 13, 1846
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Augustus Henry Seward, September 22, 1844
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, May 28, 1844
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, February 9, 1844
Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, April 3, 1843
Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, August 20, 1843
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Frances Miller Seward, May 1, 1843
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Lazette Miller Worden, April 9, 1843
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Augustus Henry Seward, October 1, 1843
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Clarinda McClallen Miller, October 4, 1840
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 31, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 20, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 25, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 13, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 29, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, October 1, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 15, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 20, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 1839
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Biography: Seward was born in Auburn, New York. His father, William Henry Seward, Sr., had just taken office as Governor of New York when he was born, and his mother, Frances Adeline Seward, was the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller, a law partner of Seward who had built the family home in Auburn in 1816.
Educated at home, Seward became interested in finance and later started a partnership with Clinton McDougall, was private secretary to his father, then a U.S. Senator from New York, in 1860, and opened a private bank in Auburn in 1861. He left banking on August 22, 1862 to join the Union Army in the U.S. Civil War.
Seward was appointed lieutenant colonel of New York's 138th Infantry Regiment, which became the 9th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment in December 1862.[1][2][3] The regiment served in the defenses of Washington, D.C. until it was converted back to an infantry regiment and sent to the Army of the Potomac because of the losses sustained by that army in the Overland Campaign.[2] After fighting at the Battle of Cold Harbor,[2] Seward was appointed colonel of the regiment on June 10, 1864.[1][2]
A few weeks after Seward's promotion to colonel, his regiment was sent north to meet the threat to Washington, D.C. posed by Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early's Valley Campaigns of 1864.[1][2][3] Seward was slightly wounded in his arm and suffered a broken leg when his horse fell on him after the horse was shot at the Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864.[1][2][3] He was promoted to brigadier general on September 13, 1864 and in January 1865 was assigned to command a brigade in the Department of West Virginia, which he did until April 1865.[1][2][3] He was thereafter known within his family as "The General". Seward commanded the 3rd Division for 6 days after Confederate partisan rangers captured Brigadier General George Crook on February 20, 1865.[1][2][3]
Seward resigned his commission on June 1, 1865.[1][2] After the war, Seward returned to banking and lived with his wife, Janet MacNeil Watson Seward (1839–1913), in the family homestead in Auburn, New York. In addition to his banking career, he engaged in politics, charitable work, and patriotic and historic societies and he became a director of several corporations.[2] He had three children: Cornelia Margaret Seward Allen (1862–1921), William Henry Seward III (November 10, 1864–February 16, 1951)[4] and Frances Janet Seward Messenger (1880–1957).
William Henry Seward, Jr. died in Auburn, New York on April 26, 1920 at the age of 80, and is buried in Auburn's Fort Hill Cemetery,[1] next to his father.Citation Type: WebsiteCitation URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Seward,_Jr.Website Viewing Date: Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 13:00Website's Last Modified Date: Thursday, February 27, 2014 - 13:00
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Biography
Seward was born in Auburn, New York. His father, William Henry Seward, Sr., had just taken office as Governor of New York when he was born, and his mother, Frances Adeline Seward, was the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller, a law partner of Seward who had built the family home in Auburn in 1816. Educated at home, Seward became interested in finance and later started a partnership with Clinton McDougall, was private secretary to his father, then a U.S. Senator from New York, in 1860, and opened a private bank in Auburn in 1861. He left banking on August 22, 1862 to join the Union Army in the U.S. Civil War. Seward was appointed lieutenant colonel of New York's 138th Infantry Regiment, which became the 9th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment in December 1862.[1][2][3] The regiment served in the defenses of Washington, D.C. until it was converted back to an infantry regiment and sent to the Army of the Potomac because of the losses sustained by that army in the Overland Campaign.[2] After fighting at the Battle of Cold Harbor,[2] Seward was appointed colonel of the regiment on June 10, 1864.[1][2] A few weeks after Seward's promotion to colonel, his regiment was sent north to meet the threat to Washington, D.C. posed by Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early's Valley Campaigns of 1864.[1][2][3] Seward was slightly wounded in his arm and suffered a broken leg when his horse fell on him after the horse was shot at the Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864.[1][2][3] He was promoted to brigadier general on September 13, 1864 and in January 1865 was assigned to command a brigade in the Department of West Virginia, which he did until April 1865.[1][2][3] He was thereafter known within his family as "The General". Seward commanded the 3rd Division for 6 days after Confederate partisan rangers captured Brigadier General George Crook on February 20, 1865.[1][2][3] Seward resigned his commission on June 1, 1865.[1][2] After the war, Seward returned to banking and lived with his wife, Janet MacNeil Watson Seward (1839–1913), in the family homestead in Auburn, New York. In addition to his banking career, he engaged in politics, charitable work, and patriotic and historic societies and he became a director of several corporations.[2] He had three children: Cornelia Margaret Seward Allen (1862–1921), William Henry Seward III (November 10, 1864–February 16, 1951)[4] and Frances Janet Seward Messenger (1880–1957). William Henry Seward, Jr. died in Auburn, New York on April 26, 1920 at the age of 80, and is buried in Auburn's Fort Hill Cemetery,[1] next to his father.
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, May 31, 1868
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to William Henry Seward, December 11, 1868
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, May 2, 1869
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, November 4, 1868
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, November, 1868
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to William Henry Seward, September 8, 1868
Letter from William Henry Seward to Janet Watson Seward, April 23, 1868
Letter from Corneila Seward Allen to William Henry Seward, February 9, 1868
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden to Frederick William Seward, November, 1865
Letter from Clarence Armstrong Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, August 9, 1865
Telegram from Clarence Armstrong Seward to Janet Watson Seward, June 22, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 20, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, February 24, 1865
Telegram from Frederick William Seward to Janet Watson Seward, April 9, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, February 3, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, September 23, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anne Wharton Seward, August 4, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June, 24 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 18, 1864
Telegram from Augustus Henry Seward to Frederick William Seward, July 10, 1864
Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, July, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 6, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 8, 1864
Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Frances Miller Seward, Feburary 11, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, November 15, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, October 2, 1864
Letter from Augustus Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 2, 1844
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January, 1859
Letter from William Henry Seward, Jr. to Frances Miller Seward, March 18, 1860
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, March 28, 1860
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 11, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, October 13, 1864
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to William Henry Seward, August 24, 1865
Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, July 11, 1865
Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to William Henry Seward, July 14, 1865
Letter from Frances Adeline Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, June 18, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anna Wharton Seward, April 2, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 26, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, March 8, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 23, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, March, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 2, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 5, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 10, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December 11, 1861
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, August, 1861
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April 5, 1864
Letter from Janet Watson Seward to Frances Miller Seward, May 26, 1864
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Frederick William Seward, November 23, 1864
Letter from Frederick William Seward to William Henry Seward, March 31, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, April, 1865
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, December, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, August 28, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, July 25, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anne Wharton Seward, July 7, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, July 3, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, August 3, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, July, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, June 1, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, June 7, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anna Wharton Seward, June 22, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, June 1, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, June 12, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, May 15, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, May 30, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anna Wharton Seward, May, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Anna Wharton Seward, May 26, 1864
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Clarinda Miller McClallen, December 22, 1849
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Frederick William Seward, February 1, 1864
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 26, 1849
Letter from Augustus Henry Seward to Frances Alvah Worden, February 15, 1849
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 15, 1849
Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Miller Seward, March 7, 1849
Letter from George Washington Seward to Frances Miller Seward, September 5, 1848
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, May 28, 1860
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 23, 1859
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Augustus Henry Seward, March 27, 1859
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 12, 1859
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 1, 1859
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, February 1, 1859
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, January 28, 1859
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, December 13, 1846
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Augustus Henry Seward, September 22, 1844
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, May 28, 1844
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Augustus Henry Seward, February 9, 1844
Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, April 3, 1843
Letter from Julia Ann Van Brunt to Frances Miller Seward, August 20, 1843
Letter from Lazette Miller Worden to Frances Miller Seward, May 1, 1843
Letter from Frances Alvah Worden Chesebro to Lazette Miller Worden, April 9, 1843
Letter from Clarinda Miller McClallen to Augustus Henry Seward, October 1, 1843
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Clarinda McClallen Miller, October 4, 1840
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Lazette Miller Worden, July 31, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 20, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 25, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, July 13, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 29, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, October 1, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, September 15, 1839
Letter from William Henry Seward to Benjamin Jennings Seward, June 20, 1839
Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, June 1839
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Biography:
Seward was born in Auburn, New York. His father, William Henry Seward, Sr., had just taken office as Governor of New York when he was born, and his mother, Frances Adeline Seward, was the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller, a law partner of Seward who had built the family home in Auburn in 1816.
Educated at home, Seward became interested in finance and later started a partnership with Clinton McDougall, was private secretary to his father, then a U.S. Senator from New York, in 1860, and opened a private bank in Auburn in 1861. He left banking on August 22, 1862 to join the Union Army in the U.S. Civil War.
Seward was appointed lieutenant colonel of New York's 138th Infantry Regiment, which became the 9th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment in December 1862.[1][2][3] The regiment served in the defenses of Washington, D.C. until it was converted back to an infantry regiment and sent to the Army of the Potomac because of the losses sustained by that army in the Overland Campaign.[2] After fighting at the Battle of Cold Harbor,[2] Seward was appointed colonel of the regiment on June 10, 1864.[1][2]
A few weeks after Seward's promotion to colonel, his regiment was sent north to meet the threat to Washington, D.C. posed by Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early's Valley Campaigns of 1864.[1][2][3] Seward was slightly wounded in his arm and suffered a broken leg when his horse fell on him after the horse was shot at the Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1864.[1][2][3] He was promoted to brigadier general on September 13, 1864 and in January 1865 was assigned to command a brigade in the Department of West Virginia, which he did until April 1865.[1][2][3] He was thereafter known within his family as "The General". Seward commanded the 3rd Division for 6 days after Confederate partisan rangers captured Brigadier General George Crook on February 20, 1865.[1][2][3]
Seward resigned his commission on June 1, 1865.[1][2] After the war, Seward returned to banking and lived with his wife, Janet MacNeil Watson Seward (1839–1913), in the family homestead in Auburn, New York. In addition to his banking career, he engaged in politics, charitable work, and patriotic and historic societies and he became a director of several corporations.[2] He had three children: Cornelia Margaret Seward Allen (1862–1921), William Henry Seward III (November 10, 1864–February 16, 1951)[4] and Frances Janet Seward Messenger (1880–1957).
William Henry Seward, Jr. died in Auburn, New York on April 26, 1920 at the age of 80, and is buried in Auburn's Fort Hill Cemetery,[1] next to his father.
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