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Re: Randolph & Montgomery Home Guards

This was posted on the web 3 years ago by a fellow named Don Stowe. He may have come up with the information you seek.

I could only find a Samuel in the 34th North Carolina.

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Samuel T. Allen,- N.C. to Illinois
Posted by: Don Stowe (ID *****5058) Date: March 31, 2008 at 12:01:02

Samuel T. Allen, born 1830, native of Randolph County or Montgomery County, North Carolina, is believed to have been a Captain in the Home Guard of either of the above counties. At the close of the Civil War he left the area and moved his family to Illinois. In North Carolina he owned a sizable plantation, in Illinois he did not own real property in 1870. He was a farmer in both locations.

I am pusuing a theory that he might have been forced to leave North Carolina because of his pro-union sentiments or actions. Any information proving or disproving this theory would be most appreciated.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/southernunionist/messages/591.html

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Samuel T. Allen, Private, Company B, 34th North Carolina Infantry

34th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry

34th Infantry Regiment was assembled at High Point, North Carolina, in October, 1861. Its members were recruited in the counties of Ashe, Rutherford, Rowan, Lincoln, Cleveland, Mecklenburg, and Montgomery. After serving in the Department of North Carolina, it was sent to Virginia and placed in General Pender's and Scales' Brigade. The 34th was active in the many campaigns of the army from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor and later participated in the Petersburg siege south of the James River and the operations around Appomattox. It reported 53 killed and 158 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles, 2 killed and 23 wounded at Second Manassas, 2 killed and 17 wounded at Fredericksburg, and 18 killed, and 110 wounded, and 20 missing at Chancellorsville. Of the 310 engaged at Gettysburg, twenty-one percent were disabled. It surrendered 21 officers and 145 men. The field officers were Colonels Collet Leventhorpe, William Lee J. Lowrance, and Richard H. Riddick; Lieutenant Colonels George T. Gordon, Charles J. Hammerskold, William A. Houck, John L. McDowell, and George M. Norment; and Majors George M. Clark, Joseph B. McGee, Eli H. Miller, William A. Owens, Martin Shoffner, and Francis L. Twitty.
http://www.civilwar.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.cfm

Samuel T. Allen

Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 9/26/1863 at Camp Vance, NC as a Private.
On 9/26/1863 he mustered into "B" Co. NC 34th Infantry
He was Surrendered on 4/9/1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA

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Perhaps Kin

James Mc Allen

Residence Rutherford County NC; a 25 year-old Farmer.
Enlisted on 9/2/1861 at Rutherford County, NC as a Private.
On 10/25/1861 he mustered into "B" Co. NC 34th Infantry
(date and method of discharge not given)
He was listed as:
* Hospitalized 6/27/1862 Richmond, VA (Finger amputated)
* AWOL 10/15/1863 (place not stated)
Promotions:
* Corpl 5/15/1863 (Estimated day)
Other Information:
born in Rutherford County, NC

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster

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Samuel T. Allen, Private, Company B, 34th Regiment North Carolina Infantry (State Troops), enlisted September 26, 1863 at Camp Vance, N. C. by Capt. J. C. McRae for the duration of the war, paroled at Appomattox Court House, Va. April 9, 1865

M270: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina

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