Henry N. Allyn

Henry N. Allyn was a private in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company H

Antebellum

• Enlisted from Shopiere, Rock County, Wisconsin

War Career

• May 14, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company H
• June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
• July 16-21, 1861 - The Manassas Campaign
  • July 21, 1861 - Wounded in action at the Battle of Bull Run, Virginia

Death and Burial

• September 17, 1862 - Mortally wounded in action at the Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• October 2, 1862 - Died of wounds received
• Buried at Antietam National Cemetery, Sharpsburg, Maryland (Gravesite #3,228)

Family

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Sources

• The Bivouacs of the Dead
• Estabrook, Charles E. Wisconsin Losses in the Civil War. (Madison, Wis. Adjutant General's Dept., 1915). (Page 9)
• National Archive Microfilm - Group M559, Roll 1
• National Parks Service - Allyn, Henry N.
• Wisconsin. Adjutant-General's Office. Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Volume 1. (Madison, 1886). (Page 367)

Other Sources

• Henry Allyn journal/Papers, Wisconsin Historical Society