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ALLEN, WILLIAM W.

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ALLEN, WILLIAM W.
(1835-1894) Confederate major general, the last appointed by Jefferson Davis although he surrendered as a brigadier general. Allen served with Major General Joseph Wheeler. Great content war-date L.S. "Wm. W. Allen" as brigadier general, 1p. 8vo., Headquarters Allen's Division, Feb. 8, 1865, in full: "I have the honor to report that I have heard nothing further from Col. Hogan. From the best information I can get I am satisfied that neither he nor any of his command are to blame for the disaster unless fighting too stubbornly were a fault. The officers who give me the information assure me that everything was done that could have been and that the force which attacked Col. Hogan was so large that nothing could have prevented the route". On lined paper typical of the style used by Confederate troops. Text a bit light, yet overall very good.