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William Stephen Walker (April 13, 1822 – June 7, 1899) was a Confederate States Army brigadier general during the American Civil War (Civil War). He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but was raised by Robert J. Walker, his uncle, who was a Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Senator.
William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary. In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of "manifest destiny", Walker organized unauthorized military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of establishing ...
Feb 25, 2019 · Their leader, a slight, blond, grey-eyed man from Tennessee named William Walker, would go on to command a far more successful invasion the following year in Nicaragua, even installing himself as...
William Walker was an adventurer, filibuster, and revolutionary leader who succeeded in making himself president of Nicaragua (1856–57). In 1850 he migrated to California, where his interest in a colonization scheme in Lower California developed into filibustering plans.
Feb 2, 2022 · Before being executed in 1860 for his misadventures, William Walker, known as a 'filibuster,' raised a private army and briefly installed himself as the president of Nicaragua.
William Walker, the greatest of American filibusters, was another visionary adventurer, imbued with the desire of founding a colony in Mexico, near the American border.
Jul 3, 2019 · William Walker (May 8, 1824–September 12, 1860) was an American adventurer and soldier who served as president of Nicaragua from 1856 to 1857. He tried to gain control over most of Central America but failed and was executed by firing squad in 1860 in Honduras. Fast Facts: William Walker.
