William Landlord Allen

William Landlord Allen

William Wirt Allen (born September 11, 1835 in New York City , † November 21, 1894 in Sheffield , Alabama ) was a Brigadier General of the Confederate Army of the Confederate States of America in the Civil War .

Life

After graduating from Princeton University as a lawyer , Allen worked as a farmer. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he first served as a first lieutenant in the Montgomery Mounted Rifles Regiment. The regiment was renamed the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment in 1862 and Allen was promoted to major . After the Battle of Shiloh he was appointed regimental commander. Allen was wounded several times in the battles at Perryville and Murfreesboro and was only able to resume service in the field in 1864. On February 26, 1864 he was promoted to brigadier general and charged with leading a cavalry brigade. In this role he took part in the Atlanta Campaign , Sherman's March to the Sea and the Carolinas campaign. President Jefferson Davis proposed to Congress that Allen be promoted to major general . This was no longer confirmed by the Congress due to the course of the war.

After the end of the war, Allen returned to his farm and was involved in railroad construction . During the first term of US President Grover Cleveland , William Wirt Allen was named US Marshal for the Southern and Middle Districts of Alabama .

literature

• Ezra J. Warner: Generals in Gray - Lives of the Confederate Commanders ; Louisiana State University Press; Baton Rouge, LA 1959
• James Spencer: Civil War Generals , Greenwood Press Inc .; Westport, Co 1986

See also

• List of Confederate Generals in the Civil War

Web links

• William Wirt Allen in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of all US Marshals for Alabama (PDF; 194 kB), website of the United States Marshals Service