Son of William Danforth and Mary G. (Kidder) Walker.
On 12 Jul 1861 John, a wood turner, mustered into service with Company B, of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 25 years, 7 months and 23 days old.
He died on 21 Oct 1861 at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia. He was 25 years, 11 months and 2 days old.
In a letter from W. A. Eames to his wife on 22 Oct 1861, he mentioned John K. Walker, as follows:
"Many of our poor fellows were drowned while trying to swim the river. It was awful to hear the death shrieks of the poor boys and to see them go under having no chance to help them and expecting to share in their fate. One whom I supposed to be J K WALKER drowned near me when about halfway across the river."
On 30 Oct 1861 in the "Worcester Spy," Worcester, Worcester County, MA, John was included among "The Killed Wounded and Missing of the Fifteenth Regiment," after Ball's Bluff.
In Jan 1869 Mary G. (Kidder) Walker, his mother, received a pension until she died in 1897.
On 12 Jul 1861 John, a wood turner, mustered into service with Company B, of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 25 years, 7 months and 23 days old.
He died on 21 Oct 1861 at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia. He was 25 years, 11 months and 2 days old.
In a letter from W. A. Eames to his wife on 22 Oct 1861, he mentioned John K. Walker, as follows:
"Many of our poor fellows were drowned while trying to swim the river. It was awful to hear the death shrieks of the poor boys and to see them go under having no chance to help them and expecting to share in their fate. One whom I supposed to be J K WALKER drowned near me when about halfway across the river."
On 30 Oct 1861 in the "Worcester Spy," Worcester, Worcester County, MA, John was included among "The Killed Wounded and Missing of the Fifteenth Regiment," after Ball's Bluff.
In Jan 1869 Mary G. (Kidder) Walker, his mother, received a pension until she died in 1897.
Son of William Danforth and Mary G. (Kidder) Walker.
On 12 Jul 1861 John, a wood turner, mustered into service with Company B, of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 25 years, 7 months and 23 days old.
He died on 21 Oct 1861 at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia. He was 25 years, 11 months and 2 days old.
In a letter from W. A. Eames to his wife on 22 Oct 1861, he mentioned John K. Walker, as follows:
"Many of our poor fellows were drowned while trying to swim the river. It was awful to hear the death shrieks of the poor boys and to see them go under having no chance to help them and expecting to share in their fate. One whom I supposed to be J K WALKER drowned near me when about halfway across the river."
On 30 Oct 1861 in the "Worcester Spy," Worcester, Worcester County, MA, John was included among "The Killed Wounded and Missing of the Fifteenth Regiment," after Ball's Bluff.
In Jan 1869 Mary G. (Kidder) Walker, his mother, received a pension until she died in 1897.
On 12 Jul 1861 John, a wood turner, mustered into service with Company B, of the 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, being credited to the quota of Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was 25 years, 7 months and 23 days old.
He died on 21 Oct 1861 at The Battle of Ball's Bluff, Leesburg, Virginia. He was 25 years, 11 months and 2 days old.
In a letter from W. A. Eames to his wife on 22 Oct 1861, he mentioned John K. Walker, as follows:
"Many of our poor fellows were drowned while trying to swim the river. It was awful to hear the death shrieks of the poor boys and to see them go under having no chance to help them and expecting to share in their fate. One whom I supposed to be J K WALKER drowned near me when about halfway across the river."
On 30 Oct 1861 in the "Worcester Spy," Worcester, Worcester County, MA, John was included among "The Killed Wounded and Missing of the Fifteenth Regiment," after Ball's Bluff.
In Jan 1869 Mary G. (Kidder) Walker, his mother, received a pension until she died in 1897.
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JOHN K. WALKER
1835 - 1861
WILLIAM M. WALKER
1841 - 1904
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