Allen Howard Zacharias

He had moved with his family from Maryland to Monroe, Michigan in 1840. After graduation, he was a professor, then Principal of the State Military Institute, Brandon, Mississippi. In May 1861 he returned to Monroe and enlisted as Corporal in the Seventh Infantry. He was appointed First Lieutenant, Company K on 25 June, and its Captain on 10 March 1862. He was first in combat on the Peninsular Campaign.

He was mortally wounded in action on 17 September at Antietam.

Biographical details from a note written by the Captain, dated 28 June 1862. It was found on his body after his death, and is transcribed in Michigan in the War1. He was one of 7 brothers, three of whom served in the War.

05/15/1833; Clear Spring, Washington County, MD

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Neriah Cemetery, Monroe County, MI