George Walker, Seaman, USN, Civil War, Quarter Gunner USS Kansas, Served 18 Years 9 Months 3 Days. 1865- 1868 Last Enlistment. Died at Naval Home Penn.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915 about George Walker
Name: George Walker
Birth Date: abt 1822
Birth Place: PA
Death Date: 17 Feb 1892
Death Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age at Death: 70
Burial Date: 18 Feb 1892
Gender: Male
Race: White
Occupation: Seaman
Street Address: U S Naval Home
Cemetery: Mount Moriah
Marital Status: Married
FHL Film Number: 1889222

U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 about George Walker
Name: George Walker
Death Date: 17 Feb 1892
Cemetery: MT. Moriah Naval Plot
Cemetery Address: 62nd St & Kingsessing Ave Philadelphia, PA 19142
Buried At: Section 2 Row 23 Site 1

Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-1999 about George Walker
Name: George Walker
Birth Date: 1822
Death Date: 17 Feb 1892
Age: 70
Military Branch: Navy
Veteran of Which War: U.S. Civil War
Cemetery Name: Mount Moriah Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Yeadon, Pennsylvania

USS Kansas, first of a class of 836-ton screw steam gunboats, was built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania. Commissioned in December 1863, she was assigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron for operations in North Carolina and Virginia waters. While off New Inlet, North Carolina, on 6 May 1864, Kansas saw combat against the Confederate ironclad ram Raleigh. Later in the month, she captured the blockade running steamer Tristam Shandy, and in October and December 1864 participated capturing the blockade runner Annie and destroying the Stormy Petrel. Kansas took part in the abortive attempt to capture Fort Fisher in late December and the successful effort the next month.

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