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Moses Walker
d.31 Jan 1893
Facts and Events
| Name[1][3] |
Moses Walker |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][3] |
1833 |
Pickaway, Ohio, United States |
| Military[1][2][3] |
From 1862 to 1865 |
Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United StatesPrivate, Company F, 116th Illinois US Infantry. Enlisted Aug 11, 1862 and mustered out Jun 7, 1865 at Washington, D.C. |
| Death[3] |
31 Jan 1893 |
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| Burial[3] |
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Fancy Creek Cemetery, Green, Clay, Kansas, United States |
"Moses Walker enlisted in the One Hundred and Sixteenth Illinois and was shot through the face and head in such a way as to paralyze one side of his face..."S2
A letter, dated 23 June 1863, contains the following sentences. "Did you know Mose Worker. He got shot through the head yesterday morning but is still living." It was written by a soldier who served with Moses in Company F of the 116th.S4 Although the name and injury are similar, further research is needed to deny or confirm that the letter refers to this Moses Walker.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Illinois, United States. Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Database.
- ↑ Biography of J.T. Walker, in History of Logan County, Illinois: together with sketches of its cities, villages and towns, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history, portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens : also a condensed history of Illinois, embodying accounts of prehistoric races, Indian wars, and a brief review of its civil and political history. (Chicago: Inter-state Pub. Co., 1886)
pp 816 - 817, 1886.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Memorial# 70151957 , in Find A Grave.
- William Craig letters, in eHistory @ The Ohio State University.
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