Excerpt from Confederate Veteran Magazine Vol. XXXIII, Jan 1925:
Valentine Collins Allen III, the father, was a farmer and a decided Democrat in his political views, casting his first vote for James K. Polk for Congress. He and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Valentine saw action in the Seminole Wars in Florida prior to signing up for service in the Civil War. When Governor Harris called on old men and boys to volunteer during the Civil War, Valentine Allen III, then 52 years of age, enlisted in Captain Waterhouse's company of "Silver Grays" and did valiant and valuable service in the Confederate Army. He was captured and imprisoned, first in Nashville and then in Louisville, until in May 1865, he was paroled by General John M. Palmer. While he was in prison, his family was victimized by the so-called "home guards." Their buildings and fences were destroyed, their livestock driven away, and all grain, meat, and food that the marauders could find was stolen. Mrs. Allen, the daughter [Fannie], and the youngest sons subsisted most of one winter on Irish potatoes overlooked by the marauders. Even the well bucket and the chain were taken. They were worse off than the father in prison or the four brothers in the Confederate Army.
Excerpt from Confederate Veteran Magazine Vol. XXXIII, Jan 1925:
Valentine Collins Allen III, the father, was a farmer and a decided Democrat in his political views, casting his first vote for James K. Polk for Congress. He and wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Valentine saw action in the Seminole Wars in Florida prior to signing up for service in the Civil War. When Governor Harris called on old men and boys to volunteer during the Civil War, Valentine Allen III, then 52 years of age, enlisted in Captain Waterhouse's company of "Silver Grays" and did valiant and valuable service in the Confederate Army. He was captured and imprisoned, first in Nashville and then in Louisville, until in May 1865, he was paroled by General John M. Palmer. While he was in prison, his family was victimized by the so-called "home guards." Their buildings and fences were destroyed, their livestock driven away, and all grain, meat, and food that the marauders could find was stolen. Mrs. Allen, the daughter [Fannie], and the youngest sons subsisted most of one winter on Irish potatoes overlooked by the marauders. Even the well bucket and the chain were taken. They were worse off than the father in prison or the four brothers in the Confederate Army.
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