Correspondence, 1846-1883.

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Correspondence, 1846-1883.

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Letters (1850-1860) from Walker recording his army career in Mississippi, West Point, Minnesota, and Georgia; Civil War reflections, generally addressed to his wife, showing a resentment toward the Confederate military leaders and containing criticism of Jefferson Davis and accounts of skirmishes in northern Virginia during the autumn of 1861; and letters from Walker's daughter, Molly, wife of Dr. Charles Schley, of Savannah, Ga.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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