Harvey A. Allen | |
Birth Date: | October 17, 1818 |
Birth Place: | New Bern, North Carolina |
Death Place: | Schraalenburgh, New Jersey |
Placeofburial: | Green-Wood Cemetery |
Placeofburial Label: | Place of Burial |
Allegiance: | United States Union |
Branch: | United States Army Union Army |
Serviceyears: | 1841 - 1879 |
Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
Commands: | Department of Alaska |
Unit: | 2nd Artillery Regiment |
Battles: | Mexican–American War
Third Seminole War |
Harvey Abner Allen (October 17, 1818 - September 20, 1882) was an officer in the United States Army who served as the fourth commander of the Department of Alaska, from September 20, 1871, to January 3, 1873.
He graduated from West Point in 1841, and was assigned to the 2nd Artillery Regiment, serving with this unit for most of his career.
Allen died at his home in Schraalenburg, New Jersey (now Dumont, New Jersey) on September 20, 1882, and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.[1]