Lucius Marshall Walker
Born: October 18, 1829
Birthplace: Columbia, Tennessee
Father: James Walker 1792 – 1864
(Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Columbia, Tennessee)
Mother: Jane Maria Polk 1798 – 1876
Brother: Col. Joseph Knox Walker
Wife: Cecile Garth Walker Stockton 1836 – 1915
(Buried: Maplewood Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia)
Children:
Lucius Marshall Walker Jr. 1863 – 1933
(Buried: Olivet Presbyterian Church, Owensville, Virginia)
Education:
1850: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (15th in class)
Occupation before War:
1850 – 1851: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, Dragoons
1850: Attended Cavalry School of Practice at Carlisle, Pennsylvania
1850 – 1851: Conductor of Recruits in Texas
1851 – 1852: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 2nd Dragoons Regiment
1851: Frontier Duty at Fort Martin Scott, Texas
1851: Scout for the United States Army
1851: Frontier Duty at Fort Mason, Texas
1852: Resigned from United States Army on March 31st
1852 – 1861: Mercantile Businessman in Tennessee
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 40th Tennessee Infantry Regiment
1862: Participated in the Battle of Island No. 10
1862 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry
1862: Captured at Island No. 10 and Exchanged
1862: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Farmington
1863: Cavalry Brigade Commander Battle of Helena, Arkansas
1863: Cavalry Brigade Commander Battle of Bayou Meyo, Arkansas
1863: Wounded in a duel with Brig. General John S. Marmaduke
Died: September 7, 1863
Place of Death: Little Rock, Arkansas
Age at time of Death: 33 years old
Cause of Death: Mortally Wounded in duel
Buried at Elmwood Cemetery on: February 19, 1866
Burial Place: Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee
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