ALLEN, William Wirt

Affiliation:  Confederate

Born: September 11 1835, New York NY

Died: November 24 1894, Sheffield AL

Pre-War Profession: Planter

War Service: 1861 1st Lt. in Montgomery Mounted Rifles, Maj. in 1st Alabama Cavalry, Shiloh, 1862 Col., Perryville (w), Murfreesboro (w), Brig. Gen. February 1864, commanded a brigade under Wheeler in Atlanta campaign, March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign, Maj. Gen. (temporary) March 1865.

Post War:  Planter, railroads, US Marshal