Francis Marion Walker
Francis Marion Walker was a Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War . He was killed while commanding a brigade at the Battle of Atlanta of July 22, 1864, one day before his commission as a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army was delivered.
Francis Marion Walker was born in Paris, Kentucky on November 12, 1827. His parents were John and Tabitha Walker. Walkers mother died while he was young. In 1843, the Walker family moved to Hawkins County in east Tennessee, where his father was proprietor of a tavern. Walker had a limited formal education but taught school for his own education and to earn money for college tuition.
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