Reuben Lindsay Walker

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Reuben Lindsay Walker (29 May 1827 - 7 June 1890) was born in Logan, Virginia. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute in 1845, and worked as a civil engineer, then as a farmer. When the War Between the States began, he joined the Confederate service as Captain and Commander of the Purcell Battery. He took part in the last moments of the First Battle of Manassas, then was named Chief of Artillery of Brigadier General Ambrose P. Hill's division. Walker took part in all the major campaigns in the East until the Confederate surrender, except the Seven Days' Campaign, which he missed because of illness. He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General on 18 February 1865 and took part in 63 battles and engagements. He was never wounded and took only one leave of absence, due to illness. After the war ended, Walker went back to being a farmer. He moved to Selma, Alabama in 1872, and served as superintendent of the Marine & Selma Railroad. Upon his return to Virginia in 1876, he worked for Richmond street railways and as an engineer for the Richmond & Allegheny Railroad, later supervising the construction of an addition to the Virginia State Penitentiary and the Texas State Capitol. Walker died on Fluvanna County, Virginia.