Duncan was born in 1841 . the son of U.S. Senator Robert John Walker and his wife Mary Blechynden (Bache) Walker.
Duncan is the great-great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, the grandson of Revolutionary War veteran and U.S. District Judge Jonathan Hoge Walker, and
Duncan was educated at Georgetown University, Lafayette College, and Princeton University. Initially commissioned as a captain of volunteers, Walker served as an assistant adjutant-general during the American Civil War, on the staffs of Major Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks and later Brig.Gen. William H. Emory and Major Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock.
On February 21, 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated Walker for appointment to the grade of brevet brigadier general of volunteers, to rank from March 13, 1865, and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on April 10, 1866.
He is buried at Arlington Cemetery.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14857598/duncan-stephen-walker
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