Walker, who had attended the University of Virginia and Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia after leaving R-MC, was a physician in Mecklenburg County, VA. His date of enlistment is unknown; however, \inMarch, 1862, he was ordered from Richmond to Rapidan Station, VA. On April 2, 1862, he was assigned temporarily to the Confederate General Hospital at Orange Court House, VA, and on April 17, 1862 was commissioned assistant surgeon and ordered to report to General Johnston. Dr. Walker was assigned to the 32nd VA Infantry as assistant surgeon on September 29, 1862. He was captured on April 6, 1865 in Amelia County, VA and sent to City Point, VA and then to Newport News, VA, where he took the oath of allegiance on July 1, 1865 and was released.
After the war, Walker practiced medicine in Mecklenburg County, VA. He died on August 21, 1899 and is buried in Woodland Cemetery in Chase City, VA.
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