Hobart M. Walker
Residence was not listed; 21 years old.
Enlisted on 8/8/1861 at Albany, NY as a Private.
On 8/30/1861 he mustered into "A" Co. NY 44th Infantry
He was discharged for disability on 11/16/1862 at Annapolis, MD
He was listed as:
* POW 7/1/1862 Malvern Hill, VA (Paroled)
* Wounded 7/1/1862 Malvern Hill, VA
Promotions:
* Sergt 9/25/1861
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- New York: Report of the Adjutant-General 1893-1906
20 year old Clerk, born in Buffalo, N. Y., black eyes, black hair, light complexion, 5’ 9”
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Hobart M. Walker, Private, 12th Virginia Cavalry, enlisted December 18, 1862 at West Seneca, Buffalo, New York for three years, 21 year old Clerk, promoted 2nd Lieutenant, discharged March 12, 1863, not commissioned, born in Brooklyn, N. Y. brown eyes, black hair, and dark hair, 5’ 8”,
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Hobart's History
This is the official history:
WALKER, HOBART M.—Age, 21 years. Enlisted, December 18, 1862, at West Seneca; mustered in as private, Co. D, December 18, 1862, to serve three years; mustered in as second lieutenant, Co. L, March 12, 1863; discharged, June 23, 1863. Not commissioned.
Hobart enlisted in the cavalry when discharged from the infantry. He was wounded twice, and captured at the Battle of Malvern Hill (ironically, his brother Jerome was a short distance away as an at the hospital complex at City Point). He endured the hell of captivity until he was paroled or released in March, 1865. He and a number of other released prisoners boarded the steamship S.S. General Lyon at Wilmington, NC enroute Fortress Monroe in Virginia. On March 31 the General Lyon ran into heavy weather off Cape Hatteras and barrels of kerosene, inappropriately and illegally stored in the engine room, tipped over and ignited. The blaze engulfed the entire ship and it sank, taking with it the vast majority of those onboard, including LT Hobart M. Walker. The assassination of President Lincoln some few days later drove the story of the General Lyon from the press and it goes largely unnoticed.
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Hobart M. Walker, Lieutenant, 106th Infantry, enlisted September 27, 1864 at Martinsburg, Va., 22 year old Clerk, born in Brooklyn, New York, brown eyes, dark hair, dark complexion, 5’ 7”
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