Thomas J. Allen
By Nathan Bernard
Thomas J. Allen was a Private in C Company of the 133rd Ohio Voluntary Infantry.
He was mustered in on May 2, 1864 and mustered out on August 20, 1864.
He was twenty-three years old at the time of his enlistment. The 133rd
did not see major combat but did lose one man in a skirmish and 29 others
to disease.
Allen attended Otterbein University in the Preparatory program in 1863-1864
before he was sent to Camp Chase to be mustered into the 133rd Regiment.
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