Background
Walker, C. Irvine was born on February 14, 1842 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph and Cornelia M. Walker.
Walker, C. Irvine was born on February 14, 1842 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph and Cornelia M. Walker.
Graduate South Carolina. Military Academy, Charleston, South Carolina., April 1861.
Clair, of Georgetown, South Carolina., June 20, 1866. Entered C.S.A., April 1861, and rose to rank of lieutenant-colonel 10th South Carolina. Regiment; established business of Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, South Carolina., 1868, and continued at its head until May 1900.
Lieutenant-general commanding Army Northern Virginia Department U.C.V. since 1902, and succeeded General George West. Gordon as commander U.C.V., on latter’s death, August 1911.
Now honorary commander-in-chief U.C.V. Member South Carolina.
Chickamauga Monument Commission. Prominent in movement for monuments to the Women of Confederacy. Chairman South Carolina.
Woman’s Monument Commission, chairman U.C.V. Rutherford Committee.
Member South Carolina. Chickamauga Monument Commission.
Married Orie Saint