Son of Joseph Webster Allen and first wife Catherine Allen.
Mustered into Confederate service 20 Mar 1861 at Memphis for a period of three years. Elected 1st Lieutenant, Co. D, First Heavy Artillery Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers, reassigned to Co. C (Norman's Battery), 18 Jun 1862. Captured at Vicksburg 4 Jul 1863, paroled 20 Dec 1863. His military file indicates his service ended, "killed on March 10, 1864."
Lieutenant Allen was not killed in service, however. From the Nashville Dispatch, March 19, 1864 (included in a report by Tennessee Historical Commission's Tennessee Civil War Soucebook for the month of March, 1864):
March 17, 1864 - Death of a Nashvillian in a guerrilla attack near Memphis
"Death of Lieut. Samuel M. Allen."
A telegraphic dispatch from Cairo, to the Louisville papers of the 17th inst., giving an account of a guerrilla fight in Shelby county, Tennessee, says one was named Contrigal, a daring robber, who had a repeater which he fired. Forrest ordered his men to fire and Contrigal and his companion, Samuel Allen, formerly of Nashville, fell dead.
The Samuel Allen spoken of is Lieut. Samuel M. Allen, son of Mr. Joseph Allen, of this city. Instead of being concerned with robbers, as the foregoing paragraph intimated, he was the victim of robbers, having been killed and robbed them, as we learn from a private letter from Memphis received in this city, and written by Wm. Farrington, Esq., of that place. The murder and robbery took place near the residence of Mr. Jamison, about twenty-five miles from Memphis.
Lt. Allen was captured at Vicksburg and paroled. He was subsequently taken sick at the camp for paroled soldiers, near Marietta, Ga.; and was permitted to leave there on furlough. He went to the residence of Mr. Geo. L. Holmes, formerly a member of the Tennessee Legislature, who lives some fourteen miles from Memphis, and sought of the commander of the Post at that city, permission to visit his family in Nashville, furnishing him with a frank and candid account of his position and the circumstances attending his presence in Tennessee. The permission asked having been denied, he remained with Mr. Holmes, observing his parole honorably; and was with the consent of Gen. R. S. Granger, commander of this post, furnished with means by his friend here. He was enjoying the hospitality of Mr. Holmes up to the day of this death.
Lt. Allen was an honorable high-minded and chivalrous young man, greatly beloved by a large circle of friends in Nashville.
Mustered into Confederate service 20 Mar 1861 at Memphis for a period of three years. Elected 1st Lieutenant, Co. D, First Heavy Artillery Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers, reassigned to Co. C (Norman's Battery), 18 Jun 1862. Captured at Vicksburg 4 Jul 1863, paroled 20 Dec 1863. His military file indicates his service ended, "killed on March 10, 1864."
Lieutenant Allen was not killed in service, however. From the Nashville Dispatch, March 19, 1864 (included in a report by Tennessee Historical Commission's Tennessee Civil War Soucebook for the month of March, 1864):
March 17, 1864 - Death of a Nashvillian in a guerrilla attack near Memphis
"Death of Lieut. Samuel M. Allen."
A telegraphic dispatch from Cairo, to the Louisville papers of the 17th inst., giving an account of a guerrilla fight in Shelby county, Tennessee, says one was named Contrigal, a daring robber, who had a repeater which he fired. Forrest ordered his men to fire and Contrigal and his companion, Samuel Allen, formerly of Nashville, fell dead.
The Samuel Allen spoken of is Lieut. Samuel M. Allen, son of Mr. Joseph Allen, of this city. Instead of being concerned with robbers, as the foregoing paragraph intimated, he was the victim of robbers, having been killed and robbed them, as we learn from a private letter from Memphis received in this city, and written by Wm. Farrington, Esq., of that place. The murder and robbery took place near the residence of Mr. Jamison, about twenty-five miles from Memphis.
Lt. Allen was captured at Vicksburg and paroled. He was subsequently taken sick at the camp for paroled soldiers, near Marietta, Ga.; and was permitted to leave there on furlough. He went to the residence of Mr. Geo. L. Holmes, formerly a member of the Tennessee Legislature, who lives some fourteen miles from Memphis, and sought of the commander of the Post at that city, permission to visit his family in Nashville, furnishing him with a frank and candid account of his position and the circumstances attending his presence in Tennessee. The permission asked having been denied, he remained with Mr. Holmes, observing his parole honorably; and was with the consent of Gen. R. S. Granger, commander of this post, furnished with means by his friend here. He was enjoying the hospitality of Mr. Holmes up to the day of this death.
Lt. Allen was an honorable high-minded and chivalrous young man, greatly beloved by a large circle of friends in Nashville.
Son of Joseph Webster Allen and first wife Catherine Allen.
Mustered into Confederate service 20 Mar 1861 at Memphis for a period of three years. Elected 1st Lieutenant, Co. D, First Heavy Artillery Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers, reassigned to Co. C (Norman's Battery), 18 Jun 1862. Captured at Vicksburg 4 Jul 1863, paroled 20 Dec 1863. His military file indicates his service ended, "killed on March 10, 1864."
Lieutenant Allen was not killed in service, however. From the Nashville Dispatch, March 19, 1864 (included in a report by Tennessee Historical Commission's Tennessee Civil War Soucebook for the month of March, 1864):
March 17, 1864 - Death of a Nashvillian in a guerrilla attack near Memphis
"Death of Lieut. Samuel M. Allen."
A telegraphic dispatch from Cairo, to the Louisville papers of the 17th inst., giving an account of a guerrilla fight in Shelby county, Tennessee, says one was named Contrigal, a daring robber, who had a repeater which he fired. Forrest ordered his men to fire and Contrigal and his companion, Samuel Allen, formerly of Nashville, fell dead.
The Samuel Allen spoken of is Lieut. Samuel M. Allen, son of Mr. Joseph Allen, of this city. Instead of being concerned with robbers, as the foregoing paragraph intimated, he was the victim of robbers, having been killed and robbed them, as we learn from a private letter from Memphis received in this city, and written by Wm. Farrington, Esq., of that place. The murder and robbery took place near the residence of Mr. Jamison, about twenty-five miles from Memphis.
Lt. Allen was captured at Vicksburg and paroled. He was subsequently taken sick at the camp for paroled soldiers, near Marietta, Ga.; and was permitted to leave there on furlough. He went to the residence of Mr. Geo. L. Holmes, formerly a member of the Tennessee Legislature, who lives some fourteen miles from Memphis, and sought of the commander of the Post at that city, permission to visit his family in Nashville, furnishing him with a frank and candid account of his position and the circumstances attending his presence in Tennessee. The permission asked having been denied, he remained with Mr. Holmes, observing his parole honorably; and was with the consent of Gen. R. S. Granger, commander of this post, furnished with means by his friend here. He was enjoying the hospitality of Mr. Holmes up to the day of this death.
Lt. Allen was an honorable high-minded and chivalrous young man, greatly beloved by a large circle of friends in Nashville.
Mustered into Confederate service 20 Mar 1861 at Memphis for a period of three years. Elected 1st Lieutenant, Co. D, First Heavy Artillery Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers, reassigned to Co. C (Norman's Battery), 18 Jun 1862. Captured at Vicksburg 4 Jul 1863, paroled 20 Dec 1863. His military file indicates his service ended, "killed on March 10, 1864."
Lieutenant Allen was not killed in service, however. From the Nashville Dispatch, March 19, 1864 (included in a report by Tennessee Historical Commission's Tennessee Civil War Soucebook for the month of March, 1864):
March 17, 1864 - Death of a Nashvillian in a guerrilla attack near Memphis
"Death of Lieut. Samuel M. Allen."
A telegraphic dispatch from Cairo, to the Louisville papers of the 17th inst., giving an account of a guerrilla fight in Shelby county, Tennessee, says one was named Contrigal, a daring robber, who had a repeater which he fired. Forrest ordered his men to fire and Contrigal and his companion, Samuel Allen, formerly of Nashville, fell dead.
The Samuel Allen spoken of is Lieut. Samuel M. Allen, son of Mr. Joseph Allen, of this city. Instead of being concerned with robbers, as the foregoing paragraph intimated, he was the victim of robbers, having been killed and robbed them, as we learn from a private letter from Memphis received in this city, and written by Wm. Farrington, Esq., of that place. The murder and robbery took place near the residence of Mr. Jamison, about twenty-five miles from Memphis.
Lt. Allen was captured at Vicksburg and paroled. He was subsequently taken sick at the camp for paroled soldiers, near Marietta, Ga.; and was permitted to leave there on furlough. He went to the residence of Mr. Geo. L. Holmes, formerly a member of the Tennessee Legislature, who lives some fourteen miles from Memphis, and sought of the commander of the Post at that city, permission to visit his family in Nashville, furnishing him with a frank and candid account of his position and the circumstances attending his presence in Tennessee. The permission asked having been denied, he remained with Mr. Holmes, observing his parole honorably; and was with the consent of Gen. R. S. Granger, commander of this post, furnished with means by his friend here. He was enjoying the hospitality of Mr. Holmes up to the day of this death.
Lt. Allen was an honorable high-minded and chivalrous young man, greatly beloved by a large circle of friends in Nashville.
Family Members
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
