William S. Walker

He was a 24 year old married farmer when he enlisted in Company G, 6th Alabama Infantry, on 1 March 1862 in Autaugaville, AL. He was present at Yorktown, Seven Pines, Cold Harbor, and Malvern Hill, VA in 1862.

He was with his Company at Boonsboro and Sharpsburg.

He was at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Martinsburg, VA in 1863. He was on detail and absent sick at Gettysburg. He was present at battles of Front Royal, Warrenton Springs, Morton's Ford, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Richmond, Washington City, Snickers Gap, Harpers Ferry, Martinsburg, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Reede's Hill, and Bell Grove, and surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, VA on 9 April 1865.

Basic information from State of Alabama1, and from roster data as compiled by James D. Allen on his Regimental site. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

11/24/1836 in AL

08/23/1905; burial in Good Hope Cemetery, Lowndes County, AL