Obituary for Lafayette WALKER
1864 Psuedo Obituary, by Howard Walker, 1998 Private Lafayette Walker, 29, of Company "C," 1st Indiana Infantry Volunteers, was killed 15 Jun 1864 during a skirmish at Pine Knob near Marietta, Ga. Pvt Walker sustained a fatal gunshot wound and died on the field of battle. Interment was made at the Marietta National Cemetery. Pvt Walker enlisted 20 Dec 1863 and was mustered into Federal Service at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, on 6 Jan 1864. He was assigned to Company "C," 81st Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Second Brigade, First Division, IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland. He received indoctrination in the field at Ooltewah, Tenn. During General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, he was at Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Buzzard's Roost Gap, Resaca, and Kingston. Pvt. Walker was survived by his wife Delilah J. (Tipton) Walker, a son John Wesley, and daughters Sarah, Eliza Jane, and Laura Ellen; mother Mrs. Rachel Holcomb, formerly Mrs William (Keath) Walker, Camanche, Iowa; brothers Walter, also a Pvt in Co "C," 81st Rgmt Ind Vols; Samuel, Indianapolis; Joseph Hayes, Georgetown; Andrew J, Pvt, Co "C," 23rd Rgmt Inf Ind Vols; and sisters Mrs. Lydia Ann Lingard, Camanche, Iowa; Mrs. Sarah A Cozine, Shawnee Co, Kansas; and Mrs. Mary J. Mahon, Sutter Co, California.
Military Information: PVT, US ARMY
1864 Psuedo Obituary, by Howard Walker, 1998 Private Lafayette Walker, 29, of Company "C," 1st Indiana Infantry Volunteers, was killed 15 Jun 1864 during a skirmish at Pine Knob near Marietta, Ga. Pvt Walker sustained a fatal gunshot wound and died on the field of battle. Interment was made at the Marietta National Cemetery. Pvt Walker enlisted 20 Dec 1863 and was mustered into Federal Service at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, on 6 Jan 1864. He was assigned to Company "C," 81st Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Second Brigade, First Division, IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland. He received indoctrination in the field at Ooltewah, Tenn. During General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, he was at Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Buzzard's Roost Gap, Resaca, and Kingston. Pvt. Walker was survived by his wife Delilah J. (Tipton) Walker, a son John Wesley, and daughters Sarah, Eliza Jane, and Laura Ellen; mother Mrs. Rachel Holcomb, formerly Mrs William (Keath) Walker, Camanche, Iowa; brothers Walter, also a Pvt in Co "C," 81st Rgmt Ind Vols; Samuel, Indianapolis; Joseph Hayes, Georgetown; Andrew J, Pvt, Co "C," 23rd Rgmt Inf Ind Vols; and sisters Mrs. Lydia Ann Lingard, Camanche, Iowa; Mrs. Sarah A Cozine, Shawnee Co, Kansas; and Mrs. Mary J. Mahon, Sutter Co, California.
Military Information: PVT, US ARMY
Obituary for Lafayette WALKER
1864 Psuedo Obituary, by Howard Walker, 1998 Private Lafayette Walker, 29, of Company "C," 1st Indiana Infantry Volunteers, was killed 15 Jun 1864 during a skirmish at Pine Knob near Marietta, Ga. Pvt Walker sustained a fatal gunshot wound and died on the field of battle. Interment was made at the Marietta National Cemetery. Pvt Walker enlisted 20 Dec 1863 and was mustered into Federal Service at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, on 6 Jan 1864. He was assigned to Company "C," 81st Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Second Brigade, First Division, IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland. He received indoctrination in the field at Ooltewah, Tenn. During General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, he was at Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Buzzard's Roost Gap, Resaca, and Kingston. Pvt. Walker was survived by his wife Delilah J. (Tipton) Walker, a son John Wesley, and daughters Sarah, Eliza Jane, and Laura Ellen; mother Mrs. Rachel Holcomb, formerly Mrs William (Keath) Walker, Camanche, Iowa; brothers Walter, also a Pvt in Co "C," 81st Rgmt Ind Vols; Samuel, Indianapolis; Joseph Hayes, Georgetown; Andrew J, Pvt, Co "C," 23rd Rgmt Inf Ind Vols; and sisters Mrs. Lydia Ann Lingard, Camanche, Iowa; Mrs. Sarah A Cozine, Shawnee Co, Kansas; and Mrs. Mary J. Mahon, Sutter Co, California.
Military Information: PVT, US ARMY
1864 Psuedo Obituary, by Howard Walker, 1998 Private Lafayette Walker, 29, of Company "C," 1st Indiana Infantry Volunteers, was killed 15 Jun 1864 during a skirmish at Pine Knob near Marietta, Ga. Pvt Walker sustained a fatal gunshot wound and died on the field of battle. Interment was made at the Marietta National Cemetery. Pvt Walker enlisted 20 Dec 1863 and was mustered into Federal Service at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, on 6 Jan 1864. He was assigned to Company "C," 81st Regiment Indiana Volunteers, Second Brigade, First Division, IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland. He received indoctrination in the field at Ooltewah, Tenn. During General Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, he was at Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Buzzard's Roost Gap, Resaca, and Kingston. Pvt. Walker was survived by his wife Delilah J. (Tipton) Walker, a son John Wesley, and daughters Sarah, Eliza Jane, and Laura Ellen; mother Mrs. Rachel Holcomb, formerly Mrs William (Keath) Walker, Camanche, Iowa; brothers Walter, also a Pvt in Co "C," 81st Rgmt Ind Vols; Samuel, Indianapolis; Joseph Hayes, Georgetown; Andrew J, Pvt, Co "C," 23rd Rgmt Inf Ind Vols; and sisters Mrs. Lydia Ann Lingard, Camanche, Iowa; Mrs. Sarah A Cozine, Shawnee Co, Kansas; and Mrs. Mary J. Mahon, Sutter Co, California.
Military Information: PVT, US ARMY
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