★  Allen, Robert

Robert Allen

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Born: March 15, 1811

Birthplace: West Point, Ohio

Father: James Allen 1776 – 1848

Mother:
Jane Hethwood 1775 – 1845

Education:

1836: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (33rd in class)​

Occupation before War:

1836: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery​
1836 – 1838: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery​
1836: Served on Engineering Duty for United States Army​
1838 – 1846: 1st Lt. United States Army, 2nd Artillery​
1838: Helped Transfer Native Americans to the West​
1838 – 1840: Served on Recruiting Duty for United States Army​
1846 – 1861: Captain and Assistant Quartermaster​
1847: Served on Quartermaster Duty under General Twiggs​
1847: Brevetted Major for Gallantry at Battle of Cerro Gordo​
1847: Captain, U.S. Army, 2nd Artillery – (October 19th vacated)​
1849 – 1852: Chief Quartermaster for U.S. Army, Pacific Division​
1849: Treasurer of Military, Government of California​
1854 – 1861: Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Army, Pacific Division​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1866: Major, United States Army, Quartermaster Staff
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1861 – 1863: Chief Quartermaster, Department of Missouri​
1862 – 1863: Colonel and Aide – de – camp in the Union Army​
1863 – 1866: Brigadier General, Union Army Volunteers​
1863 – 1866: Chief Quartermaster for Mississippi Valley​
1864: Breveted Lt. Colonel and Brigadier General in U.S. Army​
1866 – 1878: Colonel and Assistant Quartermaster General, U.S. Army​
1866: Mustered out of the Volunteer Army on September 1st

Occupation after War:

1866 – 1878: Colonel and Assistant Quartermaster General, U.S. Army​
1866 – 1870: Chief Quartermaster, U.S. Army, Division of Pacific​
1870 – 1873: Assistant to Quartermaster General in Washington, D.C.​
1871 – 1872: Acting Quartermaster General of United States Army​
1873 – 1876: Chief Quartermaster U.S. Army Division of Pacific​
1875 – 1876: Member of U.S. Retiring Board in San Francisco​
1878: Retired from the United States Army on March 21st
1878 – 1886: Traveled abroad in Europe and Switzerland​

Died: August 5, 1886

Place of Death: Geneva, Switzerland

Age at time of Death:
75 years old

Burial Place: Cimetiere de Chene – Bougeries, Geneva, Switzerland
 
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War Department
Adjutant General's Office
Washington, July 9, 1863

General Orders
No. 213

Brigadier General Robert Allen is announced as senior Quartermaster of the Department of the Northwest, Missouri, and Tennessee. All officers of the Quartermaster's Department, serving in those Departments, will respect and obey his orders accordingly.

By Order Of The Secretary Of War:
E.D. TOWNSEND
Assistant Adjutant General


Cheers,
USS ALASKA
 
Apparently, Allen married and had two children. His son, Robert Allen, Jr. enlisted in the Union Army against his father's wishes and was fatally wounded at Fair Oaks. Nothing is known of his wife and daughter.
 
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