September 27, 1864

John Allen

      There are several John Allens’ enlisted in Connecticut regiments during the War according to the civil war soldiers and sailors database. Even with a middle initial, I was unable to conclude exactly which John Allen I was searching for. There was a John Allen enlisted with the 5^th Regiment Connecticut Infantry, and it is possible that this was him; unfortunately I was unable to get enough information to confirm that it was.

       In his letter he writes from Nashville to his brother James in September 1864. In his letter he writes about how nice the Atlanta area is, and accounts how a town nearby had been recently burned down, and that the night before they had chased after confederate soldiers. He also mentions that he is one of only two left from the group he came with, the other is very sick in the hospital, and that he will be home on the 1^st of November.