William Wirt Allen
Born: September 11, 1835
Birthplace: New York City, New York
Father: Wade Hampton Allen 1794 – 1851
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)
Mother: Eliza Sayre 1805 – 1892
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama)
Wife: Susan Pendleton Ball 1840 – 1915
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama)
Children:
Wade Allen 1859 – 1913
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama)
Joseph Virginius Allen 1866 – 1917
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama)
George B. Allen 1869 – 1951
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama)
William S. Allen 1872 – 1926
(Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama)
Charles Pollard Allen Sr. 1877 – 1937
(Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania)
Education:
1854: Graduated from Princeton College in New Jersey
Occupation before War:
1854 – 1861: Lived at his plantation in Montgomery, Alabama
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Lt. In Company A, Montgomery Mounted Rifles
1862: Major of 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment
1862: Participated in the Battle of Shiloh
1862 – 1864: Colonel of 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1862 – 1864: Recuperated in Montgomery, Alabama
1864 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army, Cavalry
1864: Participated in the Atlanta Campaign
1865: Participated in the Carolina's Campaign
1865: Promoted to Major General by President Jefferson Davis
1865: Surrendered at Salisbury, North Carolina, on May 1, 1865
Occupation after War:
Farmer in Montgomery, Alabama
Alabama State Adjutant General
United States Marshal for Alabama
Helped organize the Confederate Survivors Association, in Montgomery
1893 – 1894: Lived in Sheffield, Alabama
Died: November 21, 1894
Place of Death: Sheffield, Alabama
Age at time of Death: 59 years old
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama
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