Walter Gwynn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Walter Gwynn

Confederate Army general

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1802

Place of Birth: Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 06-Feb-1882

Profession: politician, civil engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Walter Gwynn (February 22, 1802 – February 6, 1882) was an American civil engineer and soldier who became a Virginia Provisional Army general and North Carolina militia brigadier general in the early days of the American Civil War in 1861 and subsequently a Confederate States Army colonel.
He was a railroad engineer and railroad president before the Civil War, Florida Comptroller in 1863 and a civil engineer after the Civil War.