Thomas Orville Seaver

He led three regiments through fierce hell, took the works!!

Colonel Thomas Orville Seaver led from the front at Spotsylvania Court House on 10 May 1864. At the head of three regiments, he pushed an attack through galling Confederate fire and occupied the enemy works, the action for which he later received the Medal of Honor.

Seaver was born on 23 December 1833 in Cavendish, Vermont. During the Civil War he served with the 3rd Vermont Infantry and rose to colonel. His regiment belonged to the Vermont Brigade, a formation that fought in many of the Army of the Potomac's major campaigns.

At Spotsylvania on 10 May, Seaver led an assault by three regiments against the Confederate position. His citation recognizes his conspicuous gallantry in carrying the attack forward under heavy fire and taking the works.

Medal of Honor Citation (condensed)

At Spotsylvania Court House on 10 May 1864, Seaver led three regiments in an assault under galling fire and occupied the Confederate works.

The Medal of Honor was presented on 8 April 1892. Seaver died on 11 July 1912 in Woodstock, Vermont, and was buried in River Street Cemetery there. His qualifying Army service supports the Civil War Campaign Medal. No additional campaign medal or ribbon device is established by the reviewed evidence.