ALLEN, Robert
Affiliation:
Union
Born:
March 15 1811, West Point OH
Died:
August 5 1886, Geneva, Switzerland
Pre-War Profession:
Graduated West Point 1836, artillery duty, Mexican war, quartermaster duty.
War Service:
1861 Maj., Col., May 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, chief quartermaster in Dept of Missouri, quartermaster for Mississippi Valley, then for all areas west of the river.
Post War:
Army service in quartermaster's department, retired 1878.