military officer
John Grimes Walker.
United States Navy admiral after the American Civil War
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About John Grimes Walker
John Grimes Walker was an admiral in the United States Navy who served during the Civil War. After the war, he served as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, head of the Lighthouse Board, and commander-in-chief of the Squadron of Evolution and of the North Atlantic Squadron. In retirement, he led commissions to investigate the construction of a Central American canal connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Everything about John Grimes Walker →- Occupation
- military officer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 20, 1835
- Died
- September 16, 1907