John George Walker (July 22, 1821 – July 20, 1893) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served as a brigadier under Jackson and Longstreet, before commanding a Texan division in the Trans-Mississippi Department, known as Walker’s Greyhounds for their speed and agility. He was ordered to disrupt Grant’s supply-line opposite Vicksburg, but Grant had managed to cross to the East bank, and Walker was reduced to minor operations, one of them against some of the first African-American troops to serve in battle. He was able to make a bigger contribution to the Red River campaign, in support of General Richard Taylor.
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| - John George Walker (July 22, 1821 – July 20, 1893) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served as a brigadier under Jackson and Longstreet, before commanding a Texan division in the Trans-Mississippi Department, known as Walker’s Greyhounds for their speed and agility. He was ordered to disrupt Grant’s supply-line opposite Vicksburg, but Grant had managed to cross to the East bank, and Walker was reduced to minor operations, one of them against some of the first African-American troops to serve in battle. He was able to make a bigger contribution to the Red River campaign, in support of General Richard Taylor.
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- 1861(xsd:integer)
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| - United States of America
- Confederate States of America
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| - Apache Wars
- Mexican-American War
- American Civil War
- - Battle of Antietam
- - Battle of Jenkins' Ferry
- - Battle of Malvern Hill
- - Battle of Mansfield
- - Battle of Milliken's Bend
- - Battle of Molino del Rey
- - Battle of Pleasant Hill
- - Battle of San Juan de los Llanos
- - Battle of South Mountain
- - Battle of the Diablo Mountains
- - Peninsula Campaign
- - Red River Campaign
- - Siege of Vicksburg
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| - Stonewall Jackson Cemetery, Winchester, Virginia
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| - John George Walker (July 22, 1821 – July 20, 1893) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served as a brigadier under Jackson and Longstreet, before commanding a Texan division in the Trans-Mississippi Department, known as Walker’s Greyhounds for their speed and agility. He was ordered to disrupt Grant’s supply-line opposite Vicksburg, but Grant had managed to cross to the East bank, and Walker was reduced to minor operations, one of them against some of the first African-American troops to serve in battle. He was able to make a bigger contribution to the Red River campaign, in support of General Richard Taylor.
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