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(c. 1830 - 1862)
Home State: Mississippi
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
A 31 year old carpenter, he mustered as a Private in Company G, 16th Mississippi Infantry on 31 May 1861 in Corinth. He was appointed First Corporal on 26 April 1862 and promoted to 5th Sergeant by August 1862.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Sharpsburg, MD on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
His service from his Compiled Military Service Records,1 online from fold3. His Sharpsburg death also in a casualty list in the New Orleans Times-Picayune of 29 October 1862, as C.H. Allen.
Birth
c. 1830 in NY
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 29676]