WALKER, Thomas Woodruff
(1833 - 1890)
WALKER, THOMAS WOODRUFF, born at New Albany, Floyd County,
Indiana, June M, (sic) 1833; son of Thomas B. and Mary (Woodruff) Walker;
married Henrietta C. Dayton at Newark, New Jersey, April 1, 1863; daughter,
Marie W.
Appointed to West Point from Indiana, 1852; graduated July
1,1856, and promoted to 2d lieutenant, 3d U.S. Infantry; served on frontier duty
at Fort Defiance, New Mexico, 1857-1860; engaged in skirmishes with Navajo
Indians near that Post May 30 and September 19, 1858; mentioned in General
Orders as being actively engaged in action against Navajos at Banchos de los
Arrogoneses, southwest of Ojo de Oso, New Mexico, October 10, 1858, when 25
Indians were killed or badly wounded; participated in expedition against
Tuni-cha Navajo Indians, November, 1859.
Promoted 1st Lieutenant April 11, and Captain May 20,
1861; Brevet Major for gallant and meritorious conduct at the battle of Gaines
Mill, Virginia, June 27, 1862, where he commanded a Regiment; participated in
the battles of Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg and other serious engagements
during the Civil War; retired for disability resulting from exposure and
sickness in line of duty, September 11, 1863.
Detailed under the Act of July 28, 1866, as Military
Instructor at Norwich University, Vermont, and served as President of that
institution from February 13, 1867 to May 28, 1868, when he was compelled to
resign because of ill health, admitted to the bar and practiced law at Vineland,
New Jersey, 1874-83; traveled extensively in Europe, 1883-88; died at South
Wilton, a suburb of Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, December 9, 1890,
aged 57; buried in Riverside Cemetery, Norwalk, Connecticut; W. D, 522,849.
Series 1, Vol. 11, 12, 21.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Heitman, F. B, - Historical Register and Dictionary, U.S. Army p. 997.
Cullum, G. W. - Biographical Register, U.S. Military Academy, No. 1739.
Gardner, C. K. - Dictionary, Army of the U.S., 1860, p. 635.
Powell, W, H. - Records of Living Officers, U.S. Army, 1890, p. 622.
Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy - Annual Reunion, 1891, pp. 38-39,
National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol. 18, p. 325.
Annual Report of the Secretary of War, 1859, p. 376.
The Adjutant General of the Army - Military service records.
U.S. Veterans Administration - Pension records.
The Army and Navy Journal. December 13, 1890, p. 265, Col. 3.
The Norwalk Hour. Norwalk, Conn., December 13, 1890, p. 2.
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