Harvey A. Allen

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.

See also

Governors of Alaska

References

Service Profile

Sources

1818 births

1882 deaths

American military personnel of the Mexican–American War

Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery

Commanders of the Department of Alaska

People from Dumont, New Jersey

People of North Carolina in the American Civil War

Union Army officers

United States Army officers

United States Military Academy alumni

19th-century American politicians

Military personnel from New Jersey