Son of William and S. McAllister of Juniata County, PA.
Captain McAllister's Company "Alleghany Light Infantry", 27th Virginia Infantry, 1st Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of Potomac, C.S.A.
Farmer; 49 years old.
Enlisted (date or place not listed), he was Commissioned into "Colonel Hill's regiment" as Captain.
On 4/22/1861 at Covington, VA., he was given his own command, Captain Thompson McAllister's Company.
On 5/14/1861 his company was mustered in at Staunton, VA., organized on 5/20/1861, accepted into Confederate Service 7/1/1861. (This company subsequently became Company A, 27th Virginia Infantry.
Resigned on 8/6/1861 due to health.
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The Lewisburg Border Journal, says: We are informed by a friend, of the death of Capt. McAllister, of Alleghany County, Virginia.
By a number of persons in our town and county, who served with the deceased in the Confederate army, under
Stonewall Jackson, as well as a large circle of friends in Virginia, this announcement will be received with emotions of painful regret. The Progress-Index (Petersburg, Virginia), April 3, 1871.
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COVINGTON, VA., March 13th, 1871.
At a call meeting of the Friends of Temperance of this place, March 13th, 1871, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Council, in memory of our worthy and much loved brother, Thompson McAllister, who died on the night of the 12th instant.
Whereas It hath pleased God in the inscrutable dispensations of His Providence to call from our midst brother Thompson McAllister—a worthy, valued and noble member of our order, and sympathizing with his family in their sad bereavement—therefore be it—
Resolved, That in the death of Captain McAllister this community has lost a valuable and worthy Citizen, the church a zealous and devoted member, this Society one whose zeal and example cannot be supplied; his wife, a kind and affectionate husband; his children, an indulgent and devoted father; society, one of its main pillars; and the State, a citizen who was as brave and gallant in war as to was courteous and gentle in peace. And that we will attend his funeral in a body to-morrow.
Resolved, That we tender the family of the deceased brother our sympathies in this the hour of their sadness, and that we wear the badges of mourning prescribed by our order.
Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be furnished the family of our deceased brother, and forwarded to the Staunton Spectator and Central Presbyterian for publication.
R.M. WILEY, J.P. PAYNE, Wm. SKEEN, Committee of Covington Council, No. 69. Staunton Spectator, March 28, 1871.
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The 27th Infantry Regiment was organized in May, 1861, and accepted into Confederate service in July. The men were from the counties of Alleghany, Rockbridge, Monroe, Greenbrier, and Ohio. It contained only eight companies and became part of the famous Stonewall Brigade.
Captain McAllister's Company "Alleghany Light Infantry", 27th Virginia Infantry, 1st Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of Potomac, C.S.A.
Farmer; 49 years old.
Enlisted (date or place not listed), he was Commissioned into "Colonel Hill's regiment" as Captain.
On 4/22/1861 at Covington, VA., he was given his own command, Captain Thompson McAllister's Company.
On 5/14/1861 his company was mustered in at Staunton, VA., organized on 5/20/1861, accepted into Confederate Service 7/1/1861. (This company subsequently became Company A, 27th Virginia Infantry.
Resigned on 8/6/1861 due to health.
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The Lewisburg Border Journal, says: We are informed by a friend, of the death of Capt. McAllister, of Alleghany County, Virginia.
By a number of persons in our town and county, who served with the deceased in the Confederate army, under
Stonewall Jackson, as well as a large circle of friends in Virginia, this announcement will be received with emotions of painful regret. The Progress-Index (Petersburg, Virginia), April 3, 1871.
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COVINGTON, VA., March 13th, 1871.
At a call meeting of the Friends of Temperance of this place, March 13th, 1871, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Council, in memory of our worthy and much loved brother, Thompson McAllister, who died on the night of the 12th instant.
Whereas It hath pleased God in the inscrutable dispensations of His Providence to call from our midst brother Thompson McAllister—a worthy, valued and noble member of our order, and sympathizing with his family in their sad bereavement—therefore be it—
Resolved, That in the death of Captain McAllister this community has lost a valuable and worthy Citizen, the church a zealous and devoted member, this Society one whose zeal and example cannot be supplied; his wife, a kind and affectionate husband; his children, an indulgent and devoted father; society, one of its main pillars; and the State, a citizen who was as brave and gallant in war as to was courteous and gentle in peace. And that we will attend his funeral in a body to-morrow.
Resolved, That we tender the family of the deceased brother our sympathies in this the hour of their sadness, and that we wear the badges of mourning prescribed by our order.
Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be furnished the family of our deceased brother, and forwarded to the Staunton Spectator and Central Presbyterian for publication.
R.M. WILEY, J.P. PAYNE, Wm. SKEEN, Committee of Covington Council, No. 69. Staunton Spectator, March 28, 1871.
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The 27th Infantry Regiment was organized in May, 1861, and accepted into Confederate service in July. The men were from the counties of Alleghany, Rockbridge, Monroe, Greenbrier, and Ohio. It contained only eight companies and became part of the famous Stonewall Brigade.
Son of William and S. McAllister of Juniata County, PA.
Captain McAllister's Company "Alleghany Light Infantry", 27th Virginia Infantry, 1st Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of Potomac, C.S.A.
Farmer; 49 years old.
Enlisted (date or place not listed), he was Commissioned into "Colonel Hill's regiment" as Captain.
On 4/22/1861 at Covington, VA., he was given his own command, Captain Thompson McAllister's Company.
On 5/14/1861 his company was mustered in at Staunton, VA., organized on 5/20/1861, accepted into Confederate Service 7/1/1861. (This company subsequently became Company A, 27th Virginia Infantry.
Resigned on 8/6/1861 due to health.
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The Lewisburg Border Journal, says: We are informed by a friend, of the death of Capt. McAllister, of Alleghany County, Virginia.
By a number of persons in our town and county, who served with the deceased in the Confederate army, under
Stonewall Jackson, as well as a large circle of friends in Virginia, this announcement will be received with emotions of painful regret. The Progress-Index (Petersburg, Virginia), April 3, 1871.
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COVINGTON, VA., March 13th, 1871.
At a call meeting of the Friends of Temperance of this place, March 13th, 1871, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Council, in memory of our worthy and much loved brother, Thompson McAllister, who died on the night of the 12th instant.
Whereas It hath pleased God in the inscrutable dispensations of His Providence to call from our midst brother Thompson McAllister—a worthy, valued and noble member of our order, and sympathizing with his family in their sad bereavement—therefore be it—
Resolved, That in the death of Captain McAllister this community has lost a valuable and worthy Citizen, the church a zealous and devoted member, this Society one whose zeal and example cannot be supplied; his wife, a kind and affectionate husband; his children, an indulgent and devoted father; society, one of its main pillars; and the State, a citizen who was as brave and gallant in war as to was courteous and gentle in peace. And that we will attend his funeral in a body to-morrow.
Resolved, That we tender the family of the deceased brother our sympathies in this the hour of their sadness, and that we wear the badges of mourning prescribed by our order.
Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be furnished the family of our deceased brother, and forwarded to the Staunton Spectator and Central Presbyterian for publication.
R.M. WILEY, J.P. PAYNE, Wm. SKEEN, Committee of Covington Council, No. 69. Staunton Spectator, March 28, 1871.
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The 27th Infantry Regiment was organized in May, 1861, and accepted into Confederate service in July. The men were from the counties of Alleghany, Rockbridge, Monroe, Greenbrier, and Ohio. It contained only eight companies and became part of the famous Stonewall Brigade.
Captain McAllister's Company "Alleghany Light Infantry", 27th Virginia Infantry, 1st Brigade, 2nd Corps, Army of Potomac, C.S.A.
Farmer; 49 years old.
Enlisted (date or place not listed), he was Commissioned into "Colonel Hill's regiment" as Captain.
On 4/22/1861 at Covington, VA., he was given his own command, Captain Thompson McAllister's Company.
On 5/14/1861 his company was mustered in at Staunton, VA., organized on 5/20/1861, accepted into Confederate Service 7/1/1861. (This company subsequently became Company A, 27th Virginia Infantry.
Resigned on 8/6/1861 due to health.
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The Lewisburg Border Journal, says: We are informed by a friend, of the death of Capt. McAllister, of Alleghany County, Virginia.
By a number of persons in our town and county, who served with the deceased in the Confederate army, under
Stonewall Jackson, as well as a large circle of friends in Virginia, this announcement will be received with emotions of painful regret. The Progress-Index (Petersburg, Virginia), April 3, 1871.
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COVINGTON, VA., March 13th, 1871.
At a call meeting of the Friends of Temperance of this place, March 13th, 1871, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Council, in memory of our worthy and much loved brother, Thompson McAllister, who died on the night of the 12th instant.
Whereas It hath pleased God in the inscrutable dispensations of His Providence to call from our midst brother Thompson McAllister—a worthy, valued and noble member of our order, and sympathizing with his family in their sad bereavement—therefore be it—
Resolved, That in the death of Captain McAllister this community has lost a valuable and worthy Citizen, the church a zealous and devoted member, this Society one whose zeal and example cannot be supplied; his wife, a kind and affectionate husband; his children, an indulgent and devoted father; society, one of its main pillars; and the State, a citizen who was as brave and gallant in war as to was courteous and gentle in peace. And that we will attend his funeral in a body to-morrow.
Resolved, That we tender the family of the deceased brother our sympathies in this the hour of their sadness, and that we wear the badges of mourning prescribed by our order.
Resolved. That a copy of these resolutions be furnished the family of our deceased brother, and forwarded to the Staunton Spectator and Central Presbyterian for publication.
R.M. WILEY, J.P. PAYNE, Wm. SKEEN, Committee of Covington Council, No. 69. Staunton Spectator, March 28, 1871.
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The 27th Infantry Regiment was organized in May, 1861, and accepted into Confederate service in July. The men were from the counties of Alleghany, Rockbridge, Monroe, Greenbrier, and Ohio. It contained only eight companies and became part of the famous Stonewall Brigade.
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