| Daniel Lumpkin Walker is my great-grandfather. Daniel was born in Georgia to Tarlton W. and Sarah E. Stephenson Walker in 1834. The Walker families were well-known farmers from Edgefield County, SC before moving to Georgia. Tarlton and Sarah Walker continued to farm at their new homeplace. A man that literally stood head and shoulders above everyone around him, Daniel was 6 feet 8 inches tall and weighed 290 pounds A man of this size in the 19th century was considered a giant. The Civil War began on 4/12/1861 and Daniel enlisted on 9/21/1861 in Homer Georgia. He joined the 2nd Georgia Volunteers, Company A. TRhe 2nd was a part of Bennings Brigade, Hoods Division, and Longstreets' Corps. Daniel met the enemy at Seven Days, South Mountain, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, and the Wilderness. While trying to defend Richmond on September 30, 1864, his unit was overrun at Fort Harrison and Daniel was captured. His next stop was Point Lookout, Maryland. Some 52,000 Sonfederates passed through this Federal Prison, and at least 3,400 died there. It was a cold, hungry place to exist. The following quotation was taken from a POW's diary: "On one occasion when the tide on the bay was high, it brought ashore an old sea gull which had been dead a month or more, It was picked up by a hungry rebel and devoured." Daniel remained at Point Lookout until the close of the war. To be released, all prisoners had to sign an oath of allegiance to the United States. Daniel returned home a very sick man and never returned to good health. Death came in 1879 from tuberculosis, he was 45 years old. Two of his brothers were officers in the Confederate Army. One was a surgeon and Captain in the 57th Georgia Infantry, and the other a 2nd lieutenant in Co A, 2nd Georgia Infantry. |
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| Ancestor of Camp Member Luckey Walker |
| Pvt. Daniel Lumpkin Walker |
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