James Alexander Walker
Born: August 27, 1832
Birthplace: Augusta County, Virginia
Father: James Alexander Walker 1793 – 1865
(Buried: Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, Fort Defiance, Virginia)
Mother: Hannah Mary Henton 1798 – 1880
(Buried: Augusta Stone Presbyterian Church, Fort Defiance, Virginia)
Wife: Sarah Ann Poage 1835 – 1904
(Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)
Children:
Margaret Walker Jordan 1859 – 1937
(Buried: Newborn Cemetery, Dublin, Virginia)
Willie Brown Walker Caldwell 1860 – 1946
(Buried: Evergreen Burial Park, Roanoke, Virginia)
Alexander E. Walker 1863 – 1932
(Buried: Florence Cemetery, Florence, Alabama)
Dr. John Frank Walker 1865 – 1890
(Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)
James R. Walker 1868 – 1890
(Buried: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia)
Education:
Attended Virginia Military Institute
1854 – 1855: Attended University of Virginia
Occupation before War:
Attorney in Newbern, Pulaski County, Virginia
Commonwealth Attorney for Pulaski County, Virginia
Civil War Career:
1861: Captain of Company C, 4th Virginia Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment
1862: Colonel of 13th Virginia Infantry Regiment
1862: Acting Brigade Commander during Battle of Antietam, Maryland
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1863: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
1863 – 1864: Commander of Stonewall Brigade
1864: Wounded during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
1865: Division Commander in 2nd Army Corps Army of Northern Virginia
Occupation after War:
Attorney in Newbern, Virginia
1871 – 1872: Member of Virginia State House of Delegates
1872: Granted Honorary Degree from Virginia Military Institute
1878 – 1882: Lt. Governor of Virginia
1890: Charter Member of the Virginia Bar Association
1893: Joined the Republican Political Party
1895 – 1899: United States Congressman from Virginia
Died: October 20, 1901
Place of Death: Wytheville, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 69 years old
Burial Place: East End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia
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