John George Walker
Born: July 22, 1821
Birthplace: Jefferson City, Missouri
Father: John Walker 1772 – 1838
(Buried: Woodland – Old City Cemetery, Jefferson City, Missouri)
Mother: Sarah “Sallie” Caffery 1781 – 1849
(Buried: Woodland – Old City Cemetery, Jefferson City, Missouri)
Wife: Sophia Mary “Mammy” Baylor 1838 – 1931
(Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia)
Children:
Sophie Annie Walker 1859 – 1909
John George Walker 1860 – 1861
Grace Courtenay Walker 1862 – 1888
(Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia)
Alice Ashmore Walker Rogers 1864 – 1902
(Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia)
Frances Agnes Walker 1867 –
Louise T. Walker 1874 – 1950
Mary Lee Walker James 1876 – 1956
(Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia)
Lt. Philip Everett Meade Walker 1877 – 1936
(Buried: Mount Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia)
Education:
1844: Graduated from Washington University
Occupation before War:
1846 –1851: 1st Lt. in United States Army, Mounted Rifles
1847: Wounded during Battle of Molino del Rey, Mexico
1851 – 1861: Captain in United States Army, Mounted Rifles
1861: Resigned from the United States Army in July of 1861
Civil War Career:
1861: Lt. Colonel of 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Served in the Department of North Carolina
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 8th Texas Cavalry Regiment
1862: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862: Brigade Commander during Peninsula Campaign, Virginia
1862: Wounded during the Battle of Malvern Hill, Virginia
1862: Brigade Commander during the Battle of South Mountain
1862: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Antietam, Maryland
1862 – 1865: Major General of Confederate States Army Infantry
Served in the Trans – Mississippi Confederate Department
Commander of Walker's Greyhounds
1864: Brigade Commander Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana
1864: Brigade Commander Battle of Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas
Commander of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
Commander of the District of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona
Occupation after War:
Lived in Exile in Mexico for many years
United States Counsel in Bogota, Colombia
Special Commissioner to Pan – American Convention
Died: July 21, 1893
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage, apoplexy, coma, paralysis
Age at time of Death: 71 years old
Burial Place: Stonewall Confederate Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia
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