Walker, Leroy Pope

Life Span
to
Full name
Leroy Pope Walker
Place of Birth
Huntsville, AL
Burial Place
Huntsville, AL
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Family
John Williams Walker (father), Matilda Pope (mother), Eliza Dickson Pickett (wife)
Education
University of Virginia
Other
Other Education
University of Alabama
Occupation
Politician
Attorney or Judge
Political Parties
Democratic
Other Affiliations
Fire-Eaters (Secessionists)
Government
Confederate government (1861-65)
State legislature
State judge
Military
Confederate Army
Date Event
From Montgomery, the Confederate secretary of war orders immediate action against Fort Sumter
Robert E. Lee appointed commander of all Confederate troops in Virginia
Judah P. Benjamin is named as Confederate Secretary of War and Thomas Bragg as Attorney General
Confederate States of America
Date Title
New York Herald, “Apprehensions of an Attack on Washington,” April 14, 1861
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