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PVT John F. Allen

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PVT John F. Allen Veteran

Birth
Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee, USA
Death
28 Feb 1865 (aged 21–22)
Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Andersonville National Historic Site, Macon County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section H, Site 12710
Memorial ID
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Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
Intra Regimental Company Transfers: from Co. I to Co. C
He also had service in:
"I" Co. TN 7th Cavalry
Federal Pension Information:
His Mother (Elizabeth Allen) applied for a pension on 8/26/1884 from the state of TN
application # 318,840

7th Tennessee Cavalry, Companies C & I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Buena Vista, TN on 9/15/63 and mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63. He brought his own horse and equipment. Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died of pleuritas.Enlisted September 15, 1863 as Private with Co. C. 7th Tennessee Cavalry transferred at Huntington, Tennessee January 1, 1864 as Private with Co. I. 7th Tennessee Cavalry captured at Union City Tennessee March 24, 1864 died at Andersonville prison Georgia.

Holley, Peggy Scott. Hawkins' Tories, A Regimental and Social History of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA in the Civil War, Bray Bree Publishing, Dickson TN, 230 p, 2014
Enlisted as a Private (date unknown).
Intra Regimental Company Transfers: from Co. I to Co. C
He also had service in:
"I" Co. TN 7th Cavalry
Federal Pension Information:
His Mother (Elizabeth Allen) applied for a pension on 8/26/1884 from the state of TN
application # 318,840

7th Tennessee Cavalry, Companies C & I, private, enlisted for 3 years in Buena Vista, TN on 9/15/63 and mustered at Union City, TN on 12/15/63. He brought his own horse and equipment. Presumed captured with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, he spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia where he died of pleuritas.Enlisted September 15, 1863 as Private with Co. C. 7th Tennessee Cavalry transferred at Huntington, Tennessee January 1, 1864 as Private with Co. I. 7th Tennessee Cavalry captured at Union City Tennessee March 24, 1864 died at Andersonville prison Georgia.

Holley, Peggy Scott. Hawkins' Tories, A Regimental and Social History of the 7th Tennessee Cavalry USA in the Civil War, Bray Bree Publishing, Dickson TN, 230 p, 2014

Inscription

Gravestone appears to have incorrect middle initial inscribed. See pension card.


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