Walter Scott was the son of Dr. Augustin Davis Statham and Lucy Bullock Tate (who is buried in Green Cemetery, along with the husband and son of her niece, Emma Statham Green). His family moved to Yalobusha County from Wilkes County, Georgia in about 1842.
A bio on Walter Scott appears in Moses T. Runnels' Memorial Sketches and History of the Class of 1854, Dartmouth College, with Walter himself the probable informant for some of the information. The rest most likely came from Runnels' ongoing correspondence with Walter's sister, Permelia Dudley.
Walter married Anna V. Elliott in Yalobusha on Jun. 3, 1858. They had one child, Elliott Winter, who died in infancy. According to Runnels, "His devoted father was only allowed the privilege of seeing him die and be laid to rest, ere the duties of the field demanded his return to his regiment."
Walter studied law after his time at Dartmouth, entering into partnership with Gen. E.L. Acee in Grenada in 1855. After his marriage to Anna, Walter practiced alone until his enlistment in Co. G., 15th Mississippi, as Captain (by election). He was eventually promoted to acting Brigadier-General after the death of General Zollicoffer at Shiloh. "[H]e was sent to hold Vicksburg, Miss., in July, 1862, where he died of hæmaturia and malarial fever on the 30th of that month, age 30 years." His father had died about two weeks before and "[i]ndeed, the news of his father's death, so recently coming upon him, when 'worn out from exposure,' produced a shock to which he soon yielded."
A return of Field and Staff officers at Vicksburg dated Jul. 20, 1862 includes Walter's brother-in-law, Byron J. Dudley, who was a Captain and Quartermaster with the same regiment (15th Mississippi) and may have been at Walter's deathbed.
A bio on Walter Scott appears in Moses T. Runnels' Memorial Sketches and History of the Class of 1854, Dartmouth College, with Walter himself the probable informant for some of the information. The rest most likely came from Runnels' ongoing correspondence with Walter's sister, Permelia Dudley.
Walter married Anna V. Elliott in Yalobusha on Jun. 3, 1858. They had one child, Elliott Winter, who died in infancy. According to Runnels, "His devoted father was only allowed the privilege of seeing him die and be laid to rest, ere the duties of the field demanded his return to his regiment."
Walter studied law after his time at Dartmouth, entering into partnership with Gen. E.L. Acee in Grenada in 1855. After his marriage to Anna, Walter practiced alone until his enlistment in Co. G., 15th Mississippi, as Captain (by election). He was eventually promoted to acting Brigadier-General after the death of General Zollicoffer at Shiloh. "[H]e was sent to hold Vicksburg, Miss., in July, 1862, where he died of hæmaturia and malarial fever on the 30th of that month, age 30 years." His father had died about two weeks before and "[i]ndeed, the news of his father's death, so recently coming upon him, when 'worn out from exposure,' produced a shock to which he soon yielded."
A return of Field and Staff officers at Vicksburg dated Jul. 20, 1862 includes Walter's brother-in-law, Byron J. Dudley, who was a Captain and Quartermaster with the same regiment (15th Mississippi) and may have been at Walter's deathbed.
Walter Scott was the son of Dr. Augustin Davis Statham and Lucy Bullock Tate (who is buried in Green Cemetery, along with the husband and son of her niece, Emma Statham Green). His family moved to Yalobusha County from Wilkes County, Georgia in about 1842.
A bio on Walter Scott appears in Moses T. Runnels' Memorial Sketches and History of the Class of 1854, Dartmouth College, with Walter himself the probable informant for some of the information. The rest most likely came from Runnels' ongoing correspondence with Walter's sister, Permelia Dudley.
Walter married Anna V. Elliott in Yalobusha on Jun. 3, 1858. They had one child, Elliott Winter, who died in infancy. According to Runnels, "His devoted father was only allowed the privilege of seeing him die and be laid to rest, ere the duties of the field demanded his return to his regiment."
Walter studied law after his time at Dartmouth, entering into partnership with Gen. E.L. Acee in Grenada in 1855. After his marriage to Anna, Walter practiced alone until his enlistment in Co. G., 15th Mississippi, as Captain (by election). He was eventually promoted to acting Brigadier-General after the death of General Zollicoffer at Shiloh. "[H]e was sent to hold Vicksburg, Miss., in July, 1862, where he died of hæmaturia and malarial fever on the 30th of that month, age 30 years." His father had died about two weeks before and "[i]ndeed, the news of his father's death, so recently coming upon him, when 'worn out from exposure,' produced a shock to which he soon yielded."
A return of Field and Staff officers at Vicksburg dated Jul. 20, 1862 includes Walter's brother-in-law, Byron J. Dudley, who was a Captain and Quartermaster with the same regiment (15th Mississippi) and may have been at Walter's deathbed.
A bio on Walter Scott appears in Moses T. Runnels' Memorial Sketches and History of the Class of 1854, Dartmouth College, with Walter himself the probable informant for some of the information. The rest most likely came from Runnels' ongoing correspondence with Walter's sister, Permelia Dudley.
Walter married Anna V. Elliott in Yalobusha on Jun. 3, 1858. They had one child, Elliott Winter, who died in infancy. According to Runnels, "His devoted father was only allowed the privilege of seeing him die and be laid to rest, ere the duties of the field demanded his return to his regiment."
Walter studied law after his time at Dartmouth, entering into partnership with Gen. E.L. Acee in Grenada in 1855. After his marriage to Anna, Walter practiced alone until his enlistment in Co. G., 15th Mississippi, as Captain (by election). He was eventually promoted to acting Brigadier-General after the death of General Zollicoffer at Shiloh. "[H]e was sent to hold Vicksburg, Miss., in July, 1862, where he died of hæmaturia and malarial fever on the 30th of that month, age 30 years." His father had died about two weeks before and "[i]ndeed, the news of his father's death, so recently coming upon him, when 'worn out from exposure,' produced a shock to which he soon yielded."
A return of Field and Staff officers at Vicksburg dated Jul. 20, 1862 includes Walter's brother-in-law, Byron J. Dudley, who was a Captain and Quartermaster with the same regiment (15th Mississippi) and may have been at Walter's deathbed.
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