Knauss, William H., The Story of Camp Chase; A History of the Prison and Its Cemetery, Together with Other Cemeteries where Confederate Prisoners are Buried, etc. (Nashville, Tenn. & Dallas, Tex., 1906; reprint, Columbus, OH 1994), p. 175.
"On April 21, 1862, Lieutenant Menefee wrote to Mrs. John F. Allen (address not given) that her husband, Lieutenant Allen, had been ill with typhoid fever, but was recovering. 'Your next letter will be from him,' the Lieutenant wrote, 'as he is now getting along nicely.'
The letter was a brief one; and had it gone upon its way, it would have cheered a lonely, aching heart in far-off Alabama. The cheering letter was written on the 21st of April, and the record shows that he was buried on May 24." |