Henry Harrison Walker

Henry Harrison Walker was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War . He was born in Sussex County, Virginia. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1853 and served as an officer in the United States Army from 1853 to 1861. Walker was wounded twice during the war and lost his left foot. After the war, he became an investment broker at Morristown, New Jersey where he lived until 1912.

Henry H. Walker was born October 15, 1832 at Elmwood in Sussex County, Virginia. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1853, fortyfirst in a class of fiftytwo. On July 1, 1853, he was appointed a brevet second lieutenant in the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment. On March 3, 1855, he became a full grade second lieutenant in the 6th U.S. Infantry Regiment. Walker was promoted to first lieutenant on May 1, 1857. Walker served in garrison duty on the frontier. He also was aidedecamp to the governor of Kansas during the border conflicts of the middle to late 1850s as a result of which the territory was called Bleeding Kansas.

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