Henry Seymour Hall


Hiram Seymour Hall was a Union Army officer in the American Civil War who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor
Hall was born in Barkersville, New York on September 26, 1835. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, for extraordinary heroism shown on June 27, 1862 at the Battle of Gaines's Mill and on November 7, 1863 at the Second Battle of Rappahannock Station, while serving as a Captain with Company G, 121st New York Infantry.
After his service with the 121st New York, he served as Lieutenant Colonel of the 43rd United States Colored Troops. On 19 March 1865, Hall was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers for "gallant and meritorious services in the assault on the enemy's works at the mine before Petersburg, Va".
After the war, he returned to New York and married Augusta J. Galentine Hall. The couple had three children: Clarence Seymour Hall, Harry B. Hall, and Augusta J. Hall Kemper. His Medal of Honor was issued on August 17, 1891. Hall died at the age of 72, on July 1, 1908 survived by his wife and two of his children and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence, Kansas.

Medal of Honor citation