Moses B. Walker

Moses B. Walker
Born (1819-07-16)July 16, 1819
Fairfield County, Ohio
Died December 17, 1895(1895-12-17) (aged 76)
Kenton, Ohio
Buried Grove Cemetery in Kenton
Allegiance United States of America
Union
Service/branch United States Army
Union Army
Rank Colonel
Bvt. Brigadier General
Commands held 31st Ohio Infantry
Battles/wars American Civil War
Other work lawyer, judge

Moses B. Walker (July 16, 1819 - December 17, 1895) was an American Union brevet brigadier general during the period of the American Civil War who served as associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 1869 until 1874.[1] He received his appointment as brevet brigadier general dated to March 27, 1865.[2] Born in Ohio, he attended Augusta College in Kentucky and Yale College and served one term in the Ohio Senate from 1850 until 1851. In 1868, after losing an election to the U.S. House of Representatives, he began participating in the military occupation of Texas. He died in Kenton, Ohio, in 1895.[3]

Maryland U.S. Representative Henry Winter Davis was his first cousin.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Moses B. Walker (1819-1895)". Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  2. ↑ The Photographic History of the Civil War: Three Volumes in One. New York: Random House Value Publishing, Inc. 1983. p. 316. 0-517-20155-0.
  3. ↑ "Moses B. Walker (1819-1895)". Retrieved 2012-04-10.
  4. ↑ "Moses B. Walker, Family Links". Retrieved 2012-04-10.

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