Monday, January 20, 2014

Walter S. Tucker, student 1851-1852

Tucker was a merchant in Halifax County, VA when he enlisted on May 20, 1861 as 2nd lieutenant in Co. C of the 3rd VA Cavalry. He resigned on August 10, 1861 due to ill health.

After the war, he moved to Wake County, NC and farmed. He died December 18, 1879 after an accident with a cotton gin and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, NC.

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