Talk:Seymour Burr

Connecticut Low‑importance

	Connecticut portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Connecticut, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Connecticut on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.ConnecticutWikipedia:WikiProject ConnecticutTemplate:WikiProject ConnecticutConnecticut articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

United States: Massachusetts Low‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	Massachusetts portal This article is supported by WikiProject Massachusetts.

Biography: Military

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the military biography work group.

Military history: Biography / North America / United States / Early Modern / American Revolution

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion not met

Associated task forces:
/
	Military biography task force
	North American military history task force
	United States military history task force
	Early Modern warfare task force (c. 1500 – c. 1800)
	American Revolutionary War task force

Genesis[edit]

I created this page after watching my step-daughter attempt to do research on Seymour Burr for a class project. The information we found was scarce, poorly written and much of it was plagiarized from one site to the next. I also found that asking students to research and represent Mr. Burr at a US middle-school level in a 'Town Meeting' context seems to be a typical lesson plan, and several posts from students indicated that they were having difficulty finding good information for this assignment.

Finding no page on Mr. Burr within Wikipedia yet, I did my best here to sum up what appears to be the accepted information about Mr. Burr from the several sources that I could find, avoiding any direct quotes from those sites. I hope that others will contribute better source information over time now that this page exists.

John 11:28, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Chronology[edit]

The article states:

On 5 April 1781, Seymour enlisted in the connecticut Seventh Regiment, led by Colonel John Brooks. He fought at Bunker Hill and Fort Catskill

Can anyone clarify this? The battle at Bunker Hill was in 1775, 6 years before Seymour enlisted. Mingusboodle (talk) 21:03, 20 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline problem[edit]

"Military service" section:

"On 5 April 1781, Seymour enlisted in the Massachusetts Seventh Regiment, led by Colonel John Brooks. He fought at Bunker Hill and Fort Catskill, and suffered through the long winter at Valley Forge."

The Battle of Bunker Hill was June 17, 1775. Otr500 (talk) 11:38, 9 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]