Maj. Gen. William Henry Talbot "Shot Pouch" Walker
Born in Augusta, Georgia Nov. 26, 1816, Walker graduated from West Point in the class of 1837. After receiving a desperate wound in service against the Seminoles, he resigned from the army in 1838, but was reappointed in 1840. He was brevetted major and lieutenant colonel for his conduct in the Mexican War, where he was again wounded so gravely that the surgeons had given up hope for his survival. He resigned from the army Dec. 20, 1860 and appointed a brigadier in the Confederate service on May 25, 1861. Walker was stationed in Pensacola and Northern Virginia but later resigned due to health problems. Walker was again commissioned Major General over state troops then appointed brigadier general in the Confederate Army to rank from Feb. 9, 1863. Soon afterwards Walker was promoted to major general to rank from May 23 at the insistence of Gen. Joe Johnston who pronounced Walker as the only officer competent to lead a division. He took part in the Vicksburg Campaign under Johnston and commanded the Reserve Corps at Chickamauga. At the battle of Atlanta, on July 22, 1864, during Hardee's attack on the Federal left in front of the city, General Walker was killed instantly by a picket of the Federal 16th Corps. He is buried in Augusta, Georgia.
