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LeRoy Pope Walker (February 7, 1817 – August 23, 1884) was the first Confederate States Secretary of War.
7 de jul. de 2023 · He served as president of the 1848 Alabama Democratic Convention. In 1856, Walker served the Democratic Party as an elector pledged to candidate James Buchanan in the 1856 presidential election. In the later 1840s and 1850s, Walker became increasingly pro- slavery and secessionist in his politics.
LeRoy Pope Walker. Civil War Confederate Brigadier General, Confederate Cabinet Secretary. As the first Secretary of War in the CSA, appointed by President Jefferson Davis, he gave the signal, by telegraph from Montgomery, for the bombardment of Fort Sumter which started the five year civil war. Leroy Pope Walker was born the eldest...
14 de abr. de 2024 · LeRoy Pope Walker (February 7, 1817 – August 23, 1884) was the first Confederate States Secretary of War and issued the orders for the firing on Fort Sumter, which began the American Civil War. Resigning within the year, he served briefly as brigadier general in the Confederate States Army, but saw no combat.
Huntsville native LeRoy Pope Walker (1817-1884) was a circuit court judge and state congressman before serving as the Confederacy's first Secretary of War. He gave the orders that began the Civil War with the Confederate attack at Fort Sumter in April 1861.
Perhaps one of the most well known was Leroy Pope Walker, a Huntsville native, who was born into a wealthy and politically powerful family on February 7, 1817. He was the son of John Williams Walker, an early politician who was destined for great things until his death at age 40 of tuberculosis.
10 de abr. de 2011 · As Confederate secretary of war in April 1861, LeRoy Pope Walker of Huntsville ordered the attack on Fort Sumter, S.C., that started the Civil War.
