Enlisted June 27th 1864. Served as a drummer in Co. C 26 Ky. Inf. Discharged July 10, 1865.
From 47175704
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed.,
1885, McLean Co.
WALTER S. CLARK, McLean County, was born February 11, 1848, in
Louisville, Ky., and is the only child of Charles G. and Mary (Hollock)
Clark, of Maryland. He removed with his parents to Wrightsburg, Ky.,
thence to Rumsey, thence to Gosport, Ind., where they lived one year,
when they removed to Rumsey, and lived there ever since. He enlisted
in October, 1861, in Company C, Twenty-sixth Kentucky Federal Infantry,
and was in the battles of Shiloh and Nashville, and numerous skirmishes
in which the regiment was engaged during its term of service. He was
discharged from the service as drum major at Salisbury, N. C., in July,
1865; he returned to Rumsey and went to work in the woolen-mills for a
short time; then engaged in flat-boating and lumbering until 1878, when
he opened a store in Rumsey, a business in which he is still engaged.
In June, 1874, he was married to Nancy Josephine Landrum, of McLean
County, a daughter of James Landrum, who married a Miss Blacklock. The
result of this union is one child - Mary Eva. His wife is a member of
the Roman Catholic Church. He first voted at the presidential election
of 1864 for George B. McClellan, and has since voted the Republican
ticket.
From 47175704
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed.,
1885, McLean Co.
WALTER S. CLARK, McLean County, was born February 11, 1848, in
Louisville, Ky., and is the only child of Charles G. and Mary (Hollock)
Clark, of Maryland. He removed with his parents to Wrightsburg, Ky.,
thence to Rumsey, thence to Gosport, Ind., where they lived one year,
when they removed to Rumsey, and lived there ever since. He enlisted
in October, 1861, in Company C, Twenty-sixth Kentucky Federal Infantry,
and was in the battles of Shiloh and Nashville, and numerous skirmishes
in which the regiment was engaged during its term of service. He was
discharged from the service as drum major at Salisbury, N. C., in July,
1865; he returned to Rumsey and went to work in the woolen-mills for a
short time; then engaged in flat-boating and lumbering until 1878, when
he opened a store in Rumsey, a business in which he is still engaged.
In June, 1874, he was married to Nancy Josephine Landrum, of McLean
County, a daughter of James Landrum, who married a Miss Blacklock. The
result of this union is one child - Mary Eva. His wife is a member of
the Roman Catholic Church. He first voted at the presidential election
of 1864 for George B. McClellan, and has since voted the Republican
ticket.
Enlisted June 27th 1864. Served as a drummer in Co. C 26 Ky. Inf. Discharged July 10, 1865.
From 47175704
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed.,
1885, McLean Co.
WALTER S. CLARK, McLean County, was born February 11, 1848, in
Louisville, Ky., and is the only child of Charles G. and Mary (Hollock)
Clark, of Maryland. He removed with his parents to Wrightsburg, Ky.,
thence to Rumsey, thence to Gosport, Ind., where they lived one year,
when they removed to Rumsey, and lived there ever since. He enlisted
in October, 1861, in Company C, Twenty-sixth Kentucky Federal Infantry,
and was in the battles of Shiloh and Nashville, and numerous skirmishes
in which the regiment was engaged during its term of service. He was
discharged from the service as drum major at Salisbury, N. C., in July,
1865; he returned to Rumsey and went to work in the woolen-mills for a
short time; then engaged in flat-boating and lumbering until 1878, when
he opened a store in Rumsey, a business in which he is still engaged.
In June, 1874, he was married to Nancy Josephine Landrum, of McLean
County, a daughter of James Landrum, who married a Miss Blacklock. The
result of this union is one child - Mary Eva. His wife is a member of
the Roman Catholic Church. He first voted at the presidential election
of 1864 for George B. McClellan, and has since voted the Republican
ticket.
From 47175704
Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 2nd ed.,
1885, McLean Co.
WALTER S. CLARK, McLean County, was born February 11, 1848, in
Louisville, Ky., and is the only child of Charles G. and Mary (Hollock)
Clark, of Maryland. He removed with his parents to Wrightsburg, Ky.,
thence to Rumsey, thence to Gosport, Ind., where they lived one year,
when they removed to Rumsey, and lived there ever since. He enlisted
in October, 1861, in Company C, Twenty-sixth Kentucky Federal Infantry,
and was in the battles of Shiloh and Nashville, and numerous skirmishes
in which the regiment was engaged during its term of service. He was
discharged from the service as drum major at Salisbury, N. C., in July,
1865; he returned to Rumsey and went to work in the woolen-mills for a
short time; then engaged in flat-boating and lumbering until 1878, when
he opened a store in Rumsey, a business in which he is still engaged.
In June, 1874, he was married to Nancy Josephine Landrum, of McLean
County, a daughter of James Landrum, who married a Miss Blacklock. The
result of this union is one child - Mary Eva. His wife is a member of
the Roman Catholic Church. He first voted at the presidential election
of 1864 for George B. McClellan, and has since voted the Republican
ticket.
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