John was the son of John Allan, Sr., who was the foster father of Edgar Allan Poe.
From the website, "Students of the University of Virginia, 1825-1874":
"[Lt. Allan's] early education took place in schools in Richmond and Caroline County, VA. He attended the University of Virginia in sessions 27-29 (1850-1853) and studied ancient and modern languages, mathematics, chemistry, and geology. He is listed in the 1860 U.S. Census for Virginia as a farmer. On 18 Jan. 1860, John Allan married Henrietta Hoffman of Baltimore, MD, and the couple had two children, Hoffman Allan and Louise G. Allan." (See: http://uvastudents.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/allan-family-richmond-va/ )
John was appointed an Adjutant, Confederate States Army, as of 29 October 1861 and ordered to report to the 6th Virginia Cavalry.
He was killed in action at Fairfield, Pennsylvania, near Gettysburg on 3 July 1863. He was buried at Shockoe Hill Cemetery on 15 April 1866.
"The adjutant of the 6th Virginia, Lieutenant John Allan, was shot from the saddle during the charge, dying in the midst of the whirling fight. Private John N. Opie later recalled that Allan, apparently anticipating that the next fight would be his last, wrote a note the night before asking that his body be delivered to...Baltimore and promising that anyone who did so would be paid a reward of $500. 'We delivered his body, together with the note, to a citizen, and afterwards learned that he carried out the request and received the money', said Opie. 'This is one of the many instances I know of where men had a premonition of death.'" (Eric J. Wittenburg, "Battle of Fairfield: Grumble Jones' Gettysburg Campaign Victory", in _America's Civil War_ (May 1997).)
His brother Capt. William Galt Allen, who had been assigned as a quartermaster to the 1st Virginia Infantry, died in 1868 and is buried near him in the Allan family plot, as is his wife Henrietta Hoffman Allan, who had re-married to William after John's death.
John's grave was unmarked until, through the efforts of the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery" and with a generous grant from the Society of the Order of the Southern Cross, a government marker was placed on 23 February 2012.
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Excerpted from the Life and Campaigns of Major-General J.E.B. Stuart, Commander of the Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia by Henry Brainard McClellan:
"The 6th Virginia Cavalry, under Major C.E. Flounoy, was now brought to the front and fully retrieved the fortunes of the day. An unhesitating charge broke the enemy and routed him. Major Samuel H. Starr, commanding the 6th Regulars, was wounded and captured, as was also his second in command, Captain G.C. Cram. General Jones states that he captured 184 prisoners. Colonel Marshall states the number at 220; while Lieutenant Nicholas Nolan, who commanded this regiment on the 27th of July, reports an aggregate loss of 298 officers and men and 292 horses. Captain D.T. Richards, of the 6th Virginia, led this charge with his squadron. Adjutant John Allen was killed at the head of the regiment."
From the website, "Students of the University of Virginia, 1825-1874":
"[Lt. Allan's] early education took place in schools in Richmond and Caroline County, VA. He attended the University of Virginia in sessions 27-29 (1850-1853) and studied ancient and modern languages, mathematics, chemistry, and geology. He is listed in the 1860 U.S. Census for Virginia as a farmer. On 18 Jan. 1860, John Allan married Henrietta Hoffman of Baltimore, MD, and the couple had two children, Hoffman Allan and Louise G. Allan." (See: http://uvastudents.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/allan-family-richmond-va/ )
John was appointed an Adjutant, Confederate States Army, as of 29 October 1861 and ordered to report to the 6th Virginia Cavalry.
He was killed in action at Fairfield, Pennsylvania, near Gettysburg on 3 July 1863. He was buried at Shockoe Hill Cemetery on 15 April 1866.
"The adjutant of the 6th Virginia, Lieutenant John Allan, was shot from the saddle during the charge, dying in the midst of the whirling fight. Private John N. Opie later recalled that Allan, apparently anticipating that the next fight would be his last, wrote a note the night before asking that his body be delivered to...Baltimore and promising that anyone who did so would be paid a reward of $500. 'We delivered his body, together with the note, to a citizen, and afterwards learned that he carried out the request and received the money', said Opie. 'This is one of the many instances I know of where men had a premonition of death.'" (Eric J. Wittenburg, "Battle of Fairfield: Grumble Jones' Gettysburg Campaign Victory", in _America's Civil War_ (May 1997).)
His brother Capt. William Galt Allen, who had been assigned as a quartermaster to the 1st Virginia Infantry, died in 1868 and is buried near him in the Allan family plot, as is his wife Henrietta Hoffman Allan, who had re-married to William after John's death.
John's grave was unmarked until, through the efforts of the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery" and with a generous grant from the Society of the Order of the Southern Cross, a government marker was placed on 23 February 2012.
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Excerpted from the Life and Campaigns of Major-General J.E.B. Stuart, Commander of the Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia by Henry Brainard McClellan:
"The 6th Virginia Cavalry, under Major C.E. Flounoy, was now brought to the front and fully retrieved the fortunes of the day. An unhesitating charge broke the enemy and routed him. Major Samuel H. Starr, commanding the 6th Regulars, was wounded and captured, as was also his second in command, Captain G.C. Cram. General Jones states that he captured 184 prisoners. Colonel Marshall states the number at 220; while Lieutenant Nicholas Nolan, who commanded this regiment on the 27th of July, reports an aggregate loss of 298 officers and men and 292 horses. Captain D.T. Richards, of the 6th Virginia, led this charge with his squadron. Adjutant John Allen was killed at the head of the regiment."
John was the son of John Allan, Sr., who was the foster father of Edgar Allan Poe.
From the website, "Students of the University of Virginia, 1825-1874":
"[Lt. Allan's] early education took place in schools in Richmond and Caroline County, VA. He attended the University of Virginia in sessions 27-29 (1850-1853) and studied ancient and modern languages, mathematics, chemistry, and geology. He is listed in the 1860 U.S. Census for Virginia as a farmer. On 18 Jan. 1860, John Allan married Henrietta Hoffman of Baltimore, MD, and the couple had two children, Hoffman Allan and Louise G. Allan." (See: http://uvastudents.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/allan-family-richmond-va/ )
John was appointed an Adjutant, Confederate States Army, as of 29 October 1861 and ordered to report to the 6th Virginia Cavalry.
He was killed in action at Fairfield, Pennsylvania, near Gettysburg on 3 July 1863. He was buried at Shockoe Hill Cemetery on 15 April 1866.
"The adjutant of the 6th Virginia, Lieutenant John Allan, was shot from the saddle during the charge, dying in the midst of the whirling fight. Private John N. Opie later recalled that Allan, apparently anticipating that the next fight would be his last, wrote a note the night before asking that his body be delivered to...Baltimore and promising that anyone who did so would be paid a reward of $500. 'We delivered his body, together with the note, to a citizen, and afterwards learned that he carried out the request and received the money', said Opie. 'This is one of the many instances I know of where men had a premonition of death.'" (Eric J. Wittenburg, "Battle of Fairfield: Grumble Jones' Gettysburg Campaign Victory", in _America's Civil War_ (May 1997).)
His brother Capt. William Galt Allen, who had been assigned as a quartermaster to the 1st Virginia Infantry, died in 1868 and is buried near him in the Allan family plot, as is his wife Henrietta Hoffman Allan, who had re-married to William after John's death.
John's grave was unmarked until, through the efforts of the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery" and with a generous grant from the Society of the Order of the Southern Cross, a government marker was placed on 23 February 2012.
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Excerpted from the Life and Campaigns of Major-General J.E.B. Stuart, Commander of the Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia by Henry Brainard McClellan:
"The 6th Virginia Cavalry, under Major C.E. Flounoy, was now brought to the front and fully retrieved the fortunes of the day. An unhesitating charge broke the enemy and routed him. Major Samuel H. Starr, commanding the 6th Regulars, was wounded and captured, as was also his second in command, Captain G.C. Cram. General Jones states that he captured 184 prisoners. Colonel Marshall states the number at 220; while Lieutenant Nicholas Nolan, who commanded this regiment on the 27th of July, reports an aggregate loss of 298 officers and men and 292 horses. Captain D.T. Richards, of the 6th Virginia, led this charge with his squadron. Adjutant John Allen was killed at the head of the regiment."
From the website, "Students of the University of Virginia, 1825-1874":
"[Lt. Allan's] early education took place in schools in Richmond and Caroline County, VA. He attended the University of Virginia in sessions 27-29 (1850-1853) and studied ancient and modern languages, mathematics, chemistry, and geology. He is listed in the 1860 U.S. Census for Virginia as a farmer. On 18 Jan. 1860, John Allan married Henrietta Hoffman of Baltimore, MD, and the couple had two children, Hoffman Allan and Louise G. Allan." (See: http://uvastudents.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/allan-family-richmond-va/ )
John was appointed an Adjutant, Confederate States Army, as of 29 October 1861 and ordered to report to the 6th Virginia Cavalry.
He was killed in action at Fairfield, Pennsylvania, near Gettysburg on 3 July 1863. He was buried at Shockoe Hill Cemetery on 15 April 1866.
"The adjutant of the 6th Virginia, Lieutenant John Allan, was shot from the saddle during the charge, dying in the midst of the whirling fight. Private John N. Opie later recalled that Allan, apparently anticipating that the next fight would be his last, wrote a note the night before asking that his body be delivered to...Baltimore and promising that anyone who did so would be paid a reward of $500. 'We delivered his body, together with the note, to a citizen, and afterwards learned that he carried out the request and received the money', said Opie. 'This is one of the many instances I know of where men had a premonition of death.'" (Eric J. Wittenburg, "Battle of Fairfield: Grumble Jones' Gettysburg Campaign Victory", in _America's Civil War_ (May 1997).)
His brother Capt. William Galt Allen, who had been assigned as a quartermaster to the 1st Virginia Infantry, died in 1868 and is buried near him in the Allan family plot, as is his wife Henrietta Hoffman Allan, who had re-married to William after John's death.
John's grave was unmarked until, through the efforts of the "Friends of Shockoe Hill Cemetery" and with a generous grant from the Society of the Order of the Southern Cross, a government marker was placed on 23 February 2012.
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Excerpted from the Life and Campaigns of Major-General J.E.B. Stuart, Commander of the Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia by Henry Brainard McClellan:
"The 6th Virginia Cavalry, under Major C.E. Flounoy, was now brought to the front and fully retrieved the fortunes of the day. An unhesitating charge broke the enemy and routed him. Major Samuel H. Starr, commanding the 6th Regulars, was wounded and captured, as was also his second in command, Captain G.C. Cram. General Jones states that he captured 184 prisoners. Colonel Marshall states the number at 220; while Lieutenant Nicholas Nolan, who commanded this regiment on the 27th of July, reports an aggregate loss of 298 officers and men and 292 horses. Captain D.T. Richards, of the 6th Virginia, led this charge with his squadron. Adjutant John Allen was killed at the head of the regiment."
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