Walker, Charles, H., 1834-1902

Born: Nov. 21, 1834 in England
<br>Died: Feb. 16, 1902 (aged 67); Rio, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA</br>
Buried at Ohio Cemetery in Rio, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA

<p>Enlisted in Franklin, Vernon Cty, WI. as Cpl. in the Wisconsin 7th Infantry,Company B, part of the famed "Iron Brigade". He was wounded twice during the war, on September 14, 1862 at South Mountain, Maryland, and on May 5, 1864 in the Wilderness Campaign. He mustered out as a Sargeant. He kept a diary throughout the war.</p>

<p>He was married to Mary Elizabeth Scott Walker (1843-1916). They had four children: Marion Charles Walker (1866-1944), Frederick Thomas Walker (1868-1934), Franklin H. Walker (1871-1934), and Elizabeth Mary Walker Parker (1876-1938).</p>

Photocopy of a typescript of a diary, transcribed and edited by Nona Walker Daugherty in 1933 of her grandfather Charles Walker's Civil War dairy which he kept from September 21, 1861 to June 1, 1865. Walker was a private in Company B, 7th Infantry Regiment and was engaged in several battles including Second Bull Run and Gettysburg and was wounded twice. Walker's diary includes descriptions of interactions with Confederate soldiers, his medical care, and the difficulties facing enlisted soldiers. Also included is a Forward with biographical information on Walker written by Daugherty.

Walker, Charles, -- 1834-1902.