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Show GENERAL W. H. SEWARD OF CIVIL WAR IS DEAD AUDURN, N. Y., April 26... General Gen-eral W. H. Seward, son of the late Secretary Sec-retary Seward, died today, aftor a long illneBS, aged bi. He was resident In Washington much of tho period of tho Civil war and knew Lincoln intimately. intimate-ly. He led tho 138th New York volunteers vol-unteers and later it became the Ninth heavy artillery. In the battle of tho Monacacy his horse was shot under him and he was wounded, boing commended com-mended by General Lkjw Wallace as "having acted with rare gallantry." After the Civil war Genorai Seward entered the banking buslnes. Ho was a director in many large corporations including the American Express company. |