Wall attended the University of Virginia after leaving R-MC. He enlisted in Co. D of the 23 NC Infantry on May 30, 1861. He was promoted to 2nd lieutenant on November 7, 1861. When he was defeated for reelection as lieutenant on May 10, 1862, and was discharged from the company. He enlisted in Co. C of the 59th NC Infantry on July 7, 1862. He was appointed 2nd lieutenant of Co. F of the 23rd NC Infantry on May 22, 1863. In March and April 1864, he was serving extra duty as Assistant Surgeon. Wall was promoted to 1st lieutenant on May 6, 1864 and to captain on May 10, 1864. Wall surrendered and was paroled April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House, VA.
After the war, Wall completed medical school at Pennsylvania Medical College and then moved to DeSoto County, MS in 1867 where he practiced medicine and farmed. He died on July 2, 1910 and is buried in Hernando Memorial Park, in Hernando, DeSoto County, MS.
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