Life History

Notes

• "Thomas W. Seamans.  Father of Ethel Seamans Dumond (Granny).  Since Ethel was his only offspring that had children (remember Aunt Lilly?), we cousins are his only descendants.  His father (also Thomas Seamans) was in the First Arkansas Infantry, Company H (Crockett's Rifles).  He was wounded the second day of the Battle of Shiloh, taken aboard the Union hospital boat the D.A. January to a hospital in Covington, Kentucky where he died."
  --  Ralph DuMond, comments on Thomas' photo posted by Ralph on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/ralph.dumond.5/photos
  
  U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
  Thomas W Seamon
  Alternate Name Thomas W Seaman
  Confederate, 1st Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (Colquitt's), Company H, Private
  
  "So my brother the genealogist tells me our great great grandfather Thomas Seaman was wounded on the second day at Shiloh....was captured and died as a prisoner of war.  Guess we are grandsons of a granddaughter of a true Confederate.  [Name and regiment:]  1st Arkansas Infantry, Company H "Crockett's Rifles"  Thomas Seaman."
  --  Mark Dumond, Facebook post, 2 September 2017, https://www.facebook.com/mark.dumond/posts/10213925865127055?comment_id=10213938270277176&notif_t=comment_mention&notif_id=1504497568725183
  
  "He was admitted to US General Hospital, Covington, KY., on 5 May 1862 for gunshot wound of shoulder and thigh and died on 28 May 1862.  He was in Colquitt's Rifles."
  --  Joe Burns, Facebook post, 2 September 2017, https://www.facebook.com/mark.dumond/posts/10213925865127055?comment_id=10213938270277176&notif_t=comment_mention&notif_id=1504497568725183
  
  Another compilation also has the record transcribed as Colquitt's Regiment.
  
  U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
  Thomas W Seaman
  Age 26, Birth Date abt 1835
  Enlistment Date 1861
  Military Unit First (Colquitt's) Infantry
  
  The hospital record gives the dates of admittance and death.
  
  Civil War Hospital Records
  Thos W Seaman
  Confederate, Arkansas
  Company H, 1st Arkansas Regiment
  Gunshot Wound to the shoulder and thigh
  Admitted 5 May 1862
  Died 28 May 1862
  Ky Regiment, Hospital #246
  
  "The second day of the battle of Shiloh was 7 April 1862 (survived his wounds 51 days!).  The Union hospital boat was the DA January.  I have a book based on letters written by the Dr. on the DA January to his younger sister in NY.  He does not mention any patients' names, but does mention how unhappy he was that the Union Hospital in Cincinatti would not take Confederate wounded and that they had to find another place for Confederates.  He mostly did wound dressings and pain management, although he was excited when he got to do an amputation."
  --  Ralph DuMond, Facebook, 2 September 2017, https://www.facebook.com/mark.dumond/posts/10213925865127055?comment_id=10213938270277176&notif_t=comment_mention&notif_id=1504497568725183
  

Sources

• 1. Ralph DuMond, comments on Thomas' photo on Facebook
• 2. Facebook
• 3. Civil War Hospital Records
• 4. U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865
• 5. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
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• 6. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
• 7. Gravestone of Thomas W Seamans, St. Charles Cemetery, St. Charles, Arkansas, Arkansas