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I.F. Allen
(1836 - 1862)
Home State: Massachusetts
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
By 1855 he was a cabinet maker in Manchester, Essex County, MA. He enlisted at age 24 on 26 June 1861 as a Private in Company K, 12th Massachusetts Infantry.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
References & notes
His service basics from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.1 Personal details from family genealogists and the Massachusetts Census of 1855. His picture from a full-length photograph posted to the Facebook American Civil War Collectors Group by Charles T Joyce; thanks to John Banks for the pointer to that.
Birth
12/27/1836; Manchester, MA
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD
1 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Adjutant General, Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines in the Civil War, 8 Vols, Norwood (MA): Norwood Press, 1931-35, Vol. 2, p. 61 [AotW citation 6869]