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Walker, John George, 1822-1893
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John George Walker
Major-General
John George Walker
(July 22, 1821 – July 20, 1893) was a
Confederate
general in the
American Civil War
. He served as a
brigadier general
under
Stonewall Jackson
and
James Longstreet
, before commanding the Texas Division unit in the
Trans-Mississippi Department
, known as Walker's Greyhounds for their speed and agility. He was ordered to disrupt
U.S. Grant
's supply-line opposite
Vicksburg
,
Mississippi
, but Grant had managed to cross to the East Bank, and Walker was reduced to minor operations, one of them against some of the first
African-American
troops to serve in battle. He was able to make a bigger contribution to the
Red River Campaign
in support of General
Richard Taylor
.
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