Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Robert Riddick Allen, student 1862-1863

Allen enlisted as a private in Co. C of the 13th VA Cavalry on March 1, 1864, the company in which his older brother Edward (RMC student 1861-1862) was serving. He was paroled at Lynchburg, VA on April 15, 1865.

After the war, Allen returned home to Suffolk, VA, where he became a merchant. Allen died November 15, 1920 and is buried in Suffolk, VA in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

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