Civil War Union cavalry officer, aide-de-camp, U.S. Volunteers. Wounded in action at Brashear City, now Morgan City, Louisiana, aged 25 years, 13 days. He was the son of J.F. and Lucy Dodge Allen. He enlisted October 27, 1861, and was immediately authorized to raise 30 men for the cavalry under General Benjamin Butler. He was commissioned lieutenant of 1st Unattached Cavalry and on February 20, 1862, was made aid-de-camp on General Godfrey Weitzel's staff.

Thanks to contributor, Dee, for the following information:

Despite his grave marker giving his place of death as Brashear City in Louisiana, all bodies headed for burial in the Northeast had to pass through NYC and be recorded by the city for health reasons. The record shows the body of PD Allen, age 27, born in Salem, Mass., arrived on Jun 13, 1863. It records his death as June 3 . It is noted he is a soldier who died of wounds in New Bern, N.C. (there were several Union hospitals there), and is headed to Salem, Mass., for interment. Body to be released to JS Snow. (SOURCE: Bodies in Transit Registers, Volume 1: 1859-1863, page 19; NYC Dept. of Records and Information Services REC0052_01)

Civil War Union cavalry officer, aide-de-camp, U.S. Volunteers. Wounded in action at Brashear City, now Morgan City, Louisiana, aged 25 years, 13 days. He was the son of J.F. and Lucy Dodge Allen. He enlisted October 27, 1861, and was immediately authorized to raise 30 men for the cavalry under General Benjamin Butler. He was commissioned lieutenant of 1st Unattached Cavalry and on February 20, 1862, was made aid-de-camp on General Godfrey Weitzel's staff.

Thanks to contributor, Dee, for the following information:

Despite his grave marker giving his place of death as Brashear City in Louisiana, all bodies headed for burial in the Northeast had to pass through NYC and be recorded by the city for health reasons. The record shows the body of PD Allen, age 27, born in Salem, Mass., arrived on Jun 13, 1863. It records his death as June 3 . It is noted he is a soldier who died of wounds in New Bern, N.C. (there were several Union hospitals there), and is headed to Salem, Mass., for interment. Body to be released to JS Snow. (SOURCE: Bodies in Transit Registers, Volume 1: 1859-1863, page 19; NYC Dept. of Records and Information Services REC0052_01)