Monument Details

ISOB William Dillon Walker- American Civil War

Details:

In the Garden plot, in the back right quadrant of the cemetery. From the main entrance, walk back to the Prospect Gate Entrance. The tomb is 50 meters from the Prospect Gate, on the left side of the path as you walk away from the gate. It borders the path Row S grave 87.

Isolated Burial

A concrete tomb with a tall spire and faded inscription in English.

From the Irish in the American Civil War Website:

William Dillon Walker possesses one of the most important American Civil War memorials in Ireland, yet almost nothing is known of his service. The monument was erected by Walker’s friends and family very shortly after his death in the conflict. It records that he fell at the Battle of The Wilderness on 5th May 1864 “combating for the restoration of the Great Republic of the United States”. The presence of the memorial was being remarked upon in American newspapers as early as 1866. Prior to his service for the Union, William had been a member of the Papal Brigade that served the Pope in 1860 Italy– service for which he was proclaimed a Knight of the Order of St. Sylvester. He was a native of Golden Bridge in Dublin.

Monument Text:

Sacred to the memory of William Dillon Walker who fell at the Battle of the Wilderness in America on the 5th May 1863 (should be 1864) combatting for the restitution of the great Republic of the United States. In the Italian War of 1860, he gallantly took up arms with the Irish Papal Brigade (St. Patrick's) in defense of the chair of St. Peter, and earned for himself laurels which were publicly acknowledged by Pope Pius IX electing and proclaiming him Knight of the Order of St Sylvester. This monument is erected as a tribute to his many amiable and sterling qualities by a few of his private and admiring friends. Requiescat in pace.

Commemorates:

People:

William Dillon Walker

Units:

United States Army

Wars:

American Civil War

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