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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 · LeRoy Pope Walker (1817-1884) was a prominent Alabama politician and lawyer, who supported states' rights and secession. He served as secretary of war of the Confederate States of America, defended Frank James, and ended Reconstruction in Alabama.
Walker was actually attempting to accomplish something extremely important for the Confederate States when he was forced from office. He was trying to prevent Leonidas Polk from moving into Kentucky knowing that would throw Kentucky onto the Federal side of the war.
L.P. Walker, it turns out, was Leroy Pope Walker, the first Secretary of War of the Confederacy. I was stunned. This was the man who ordered the bombardment of Ft. Sumter on April 12, 1861, starting the Civil War.
LeRoy Pope Walker. 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.
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.
Another daughter, Maria Pope, married Thomas George Percy, Sr., and was the ancestor of such notables as Senator LeRoy Percy of Mississippi, the poet William Alexander Percy, Senator Charles H. Percy of Illinois, and the author Walker Percy. Pope died in Huntsville on June 17, 1844, and is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery. References
