★★★ Allen, Robert Clatworthy

Robert Clatworthy Allen

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Born: June 22, 1834

Birthplace: Shenandoah County, Virginia

Father: Robert Allen 1794 – 1859
(Buried: Longwood Cemetery, Bedford, Virginia)​

Mother: Frances Rebecca Harvey 1806 – 1873
(Buried: Longwood Cemetery, Bedford, Virginia)​

Wife: Mary E. Wingfield

Education:

1855: Graduated from Virginia Military Institute​

Occupation before War:

1855 – 1861: Attorney in Salem, Virginia​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Major of 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment​
1861: Served in the First Battle of Manassas Virginia​
1862: Elected Colonel of his regiment on April 20th
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 28th Virginia Infantry Regiment​
1862: Regimental Commander Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia​
1862: Regimental Commander Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia​
1862: Regimental Commander Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia​
1862: Regimental Commander Battle of South Mountain, Maryland​
1862: Regimental Commander at Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland​
1862: Regimental Commander at Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia​
1863: Regimental Commander in the Suffolk Virginia Expedition​
1863: Led 333 men into the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania​
1863: Grabbed the Regimental Colors and went down in the Charge​
1863: Killed on the 3rd Day Battle of Gettysburg in Pickett’s Charge​

Died:
July 3, 1863

Place of Death: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Age at time of Death: 29 years old

Burial Place: Mass Grave in front of the Stone Wall, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

His name does not appear on the list of identified soldiers moved to Hollywood Cemetery he could possibly be buried as an unknown or still at the Stonewall in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
 
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Mortally wounded in Pickett's Charge while carrying the regimental flag after the color bearer had fallen. Allen then handed off the flag and placed his hat on the tip of his sword, waved it and died. Kind of Armistead style?
 
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