WALKER, William Henry Talbot

Confederate

Born: November 26 1816, Augusta GA

Died: July 22 1864, Atlanta GA

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1837, Seminole war (w), resigned 1838, reappointed 1840, Mexican War (w), commandant of cadets at West Point, resigned December 1860.

War Service: April 1861 Maj. Gen. of Georgia state volunteers, May 1861 Brig. Gen. in Confederate army, resigned this commission October 1861, commissioned Maj. Gen. of Georgia state troops, March 1863 Brig. Gen. in Confederate army, May 1863 Maj. Gen., commanded Walker's Bde in Vicksburg campaign, commanded Reserve Corps at Chickamauga, commanded Walker's Divn/Hardee's Corps in Atlanta campaign, Atlanta (k).

Post War: In December 1863, Walker and his division were made part of Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee's First Corps of the Army of Tennessee. He would command it up to his death in combat on July 22, 1864, at the Battle of Atlanta, when he was shot from his horse by a Federal picket, killing him instantly.