Joseph Emmit Walker was the son of Eliza (Campbell) and William Walker of Philadelphia. At the age of 17 he got a job as a printing apprentice in Philadelphia. Joseph was a Corporal in the 23rd Regiment, "Birney's Zouave's, Company P., under the Command of Captain John W. Crosby. He enlisted on September 4th 1861 and moved with the Regiment to Washington D.C for the defense of the Capitol where he was encamped on the Queen's Farm at "Camp Graham". In December, many of the men, including Joseph got ill as Typhoid Fever swept through the camp. It was the result of unsanitary conditions being caught in the 8 inches of mud (Urine, Fecal Matter, Horse waste). On December 14th 1861 he marched with the unit to receive the State Flag and to be reviewed by President Lincoln. The next day he was taken to a nearby Hospital and died there on January 30th 1862. His mother never came to terms with his death and died in 1892. Two weeks after his death, Captain Crosby and Company P were transferred to the 61st PA Volunteers. So Joseph was one of the only members of Company P to serve only with the 23rd PA.
He was originally buried at Machpelah Cemetery but on September 10th 1895 his remains removed to Fernwood Cemetery along with his siblings and buried next his mother in the Berger Plot.
More about Joseph's life can be learned from the 23rd Pennsylvania Memorial website. http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/gettysburgpa/23rdpa.html
Bio by President of 23rd Pennsylvania Memorial Association, Frank P. Marrone, Jr.
He was originally buried at Machpelah Cemetery but on September 10th 1895 his remains removed to Fernwood Cemetery along with his siblings and buried next his mother in the Berger Plot.
More about Joseph's life can be learned from the 23rd Pennsylvania Memorial website. http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/gettysburgpa/23rdpa.html
Bio by President of 23rd Pennsylvania Memorial Association, Frank P. Marrone, Jr.
Joseph Emmit Walker was the son of Eliza (Campbell) and William Walker of Philadelphia. At the age of 17 he got a job as a printing apprentice in Philadelphia. Joseph was a Corporal in the 23rd Regiment, "Birney's Zouave's, Company P., under the Command of Captain John W. Crosby. He enlisted on September 4th 1861 and moved with the Regiment to Washington D.C for the defense of the Capitol where he was encamped on the Queen's Farm at "Camp Graham". In December, many of the men, including Joseph got ill as Typhoid Fever swept through the camp. It was the result of unsanitary conditions being caught in the 8 inches of mud (Urine, Fecal Matter, Horse waste). On December 14th 1861 he marched with the unit to receive the State Flag and to be reviewed by President Lincoln. The next day he was taken to a nearby Hospital and died there on January 30th 1862. His mother never came to terms with his death and died in 1892. Two weeks after his death, Captain Crosby and Company P were transferred to the 61st PA Volunteers. So Joseph was one of the only members of Company P to serve only with the 23rd PA.
He was originally buried at Machpelah Cemetery but on September 10th 1895 his remains removed to Fernwood Cemetery along with his siblings and buried next his mother in the Berger Plot.
More about Joseph's life can be learned from the 23rd Pennsylvania Memorial website. http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/gettysburgpa/23rdpa.html
Bio by President of 23rd Pennsylvania Memorial Association, Frank P. Marrone, Jr.
He was originally buried at Machpelah Cemetery but on September 10th 1895 his remains removed to Fernwood Cemetery along with his siblings and buried next his mother in the Berger Plot.
More about Joseph's life can be learned from the 23rd Pennsylvania Memorial website. http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/gettysburgpa/23rdpa.html
Bio by President of 23rd Pennsylvania Memorial Association, Frank P. Marrone, Jr.
Family Members
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
