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LT Wyatt Brent Allen

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LT Wyatt Brent Allen

Birth
Person County, North Carolina, USA
Death
4 Apr 1919 (aged 81)
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
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Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Section 23, Lot 10, Grave 2
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Enlisted 16-May-61 in Co I, 6thNC Infantry as 2ndLt. Promoted to 1stLt in 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg. POW at Rappahannock Station, Va. on 7-Nov-63. Remained a POW for the remainder of the war - paroled 12-Jun-65. Was one of the "Immortal 600" - these were CSA officers used as human shields by Federal forces at Morris Island, SC in Sep/Oct 1864. Moved to Greensboro after the war, where he ran the Allen House Hotel.
Enlisted 16-May-61 in Co I, 6thNC Infantry as 2ndLt. Promoted to 1stLt in 1862. Wounded at Gettysburg. POW at Rappahannock Station, Va. on 7-Nov-63. Remained a POW for the remainder of the war - paroled 12-Jun-65. Was one of the "Immortal 600" - these were CSA officers used as human shields by Federal forces at Morris Island, SC in Sep/Oct 1864. Moved to Greensboro after the war, where he ran the Allen House Hotel.

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  • Created by: Fred Black
  • Added: Nov 24, 2008
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31671031/wyatt_brent-allen: accessed ), memorial page for LT Wyatt Brent Allen (11 Aug 1837–4 Apr 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31671031, citing Green Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Fred Black (contributor 47052918).