Allen attended school at the Hudson Academy for Boys, was appointed midshipman in 1808, and became a Second Lieutenant in 1811. During the War of 1812, he served aboard USS Argus and was captured by the British on August 14, 1813, during a battle with a British sloop-of-war, where he sustained a leg injury that required amputation. Allen was interned for eighteen months in Ashburton, England.[3]
Allen later commanded the Alligator, which was sent to the West Indies to fight pirates as part of the West Indies Squadron. He was killed in action on November 9, 1822, during a battle with pirates and was buried in Matanzas, Cuba. In 1827, Allen's remains were moved for reburial in Hudson, New York, where a monument was erected in his memory.[4]
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^"Lieut. Comd't. William Howard Allen | Troy Irish Genealogy Society". 30 November 2017. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
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william, howard, allen, july, 1790, november, 1822, united, states, naval, officer, born, hudson, york, 1790, howard, allen, lydia, hussey, sister, harriet, allen, wife, york, lawyer, attorney, general, benjamin, franklin, butler, allen, attended, school, huds. William Howard Allen July 8 1790 November 9 1822 was a United States naval officer He was born in Hudson New York in 1790 to Howard Allen and Lydia Hussey 1 His sister was Harriet Allen wife of New York lawyer and U S attorney general Benjamin Franklin Butler 2 Allen attended school at the Hudson Academy for Boys was appointed midshipman in 1808 and became a Second Lieutenant in 1811 During the War of 1812 he served aboard USS Argus and was captured by the British on August 14 1813 during a battle with a British sloop of war where he sustained a leg injury that required amputation Allen was interned for eighteen months in Ashburton England 3 Allen later commanded the Alligator which was sent to the West Indies to fight pirates as part of the West Indies Squadron He was killed in action on November 9 1822 during a battle with pirates and was buried in Matanzas Cuba In 1827 Allen s remains were moved for reburial in Hudson New York where a monument was erected in his memory 4 References Edit Howard Allen merchant ship master USS Connecticut 1799 1808 ussconnecticut1799 com Retrieved 2023 01 19 Catalogs Michael Brown Rare Books mbamericana com Retrieved 2023 01 19 16766 The London Gazette a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Lieut Comd t William Howard Allen Troy Irish Genealogy Society 30 November 2017 Retrieved 2019 11 29 This biographical article related to the United States Navy is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Howard Allen amp oldid 1163758637, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
