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Federal (USV)

Private

Henry N. Allen

(? - 1862)

Home State: Wisconsin

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 2nd Wisconsin Infantry

Before Antietam

From Shopiere, he enlisted in Company H, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry on 23 May 1861. Wounded at First Bull Run in July 1861.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

Died of Antietam wounds 2 October 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from the Antietam Cemetery History1, which lists him as Henry A. Allyn. Service data from the Roster2.

Death

09/26/1862; Frederick, MD; burial in Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 Antietam National Cemetery, Board of Trustees, History of Antietam National Cemetery, Baltimore: John W. Woods, Steam Printer, 1869 [AotW citation 3156]

2 State of Wisconsin, Adjutant General's Office, and Chandler P. Chapman, Adj. Gen., Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865, 2 volumes, Madison: Democrat Printing Co., State Printers, 1886, Vol. 1, pg. 367 [AotW citation 10194]

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