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Federal (USV)

Sergeant

William Allen

(c. 1839 - 1862)

Home State: New York

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 42nd New York Infantry

Before Antietam

Age 22, he enlisted on Long Island, NY and mustered in as a Private in Company G, 42nd New York Infantry on 28 June 1861. He transferred to Company B the next day and was promoted to Corporal and Sergeant, dates not given.

On the Campaign

He was killed in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

References & notes

His service from the State of New York.1 His gravesite is on Findagrave.

Birth

c. 1839

Death

09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, MD

Notes

1 State of New York, Adjutant-General, Annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York [year]: Registers of the [units], 43 Volumes, Albany: James B. Lyon, State Printer, 1893-1905, Issue 23 (for the year 1900) [AotW citation 8513]

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