Allen Military Records
{Confederate Generals}
Henry Watkins Allen
Born: April 29, 1820 Prince Edward Cty, Virginia.
Died: April 22, 1866 Mexico City.
Prewar Profession: Teacher, Fought for Texas independence, Lawyer,
Planter, Politician.
War Service: 1861 Pvt. Lt. Col. of 4th Louisiana. March 1862 Col. Shiloh
[Wounded]. Commanded the Louisiana Brigade at Baton Rouge [Wounded]. Brig.
Cen. August 1863 and posted to Trans Mississippi.
Governor of Louisiana 1864-1865.
Postwar Career: Newspaper Publisher.
William Wirt Allen
Born: Sept. 11, 1835 New York, New York.
Died: Nov. 24, 1894 Shelffield, Alabama.
Prewar Profession: Planter.
War Service: 1861 1st Lt. in Montgomery Mounted Rifles. Maj. in 1st
Alabama Cavalry, Shiloh. 1862 Col. Perryville [Wounded]. Murfreesboro [Wounded].
Brig. Gen. Feb. 1864, commanded a brigade under Wheeler in Atlanta Campaign.
March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign. Maj. Gen. [Temporany] March 1865.
Postwar Career: Planter, Railroads, U.S. Marshal.