Walter Gwynn
Walter Gwynn | |
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| Born | February 22, 1802 Jefferson County, Virginia (now West Virginia), US |
| Died | February 6, 1882 (aged 79) |
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| Allegiance | United States, Confederate States of America |
| Branch | US Army, Confederate States Army |
| Service years | 1822–32 (USA) 1861–63 (CSA) |
| Rank | First Lieutenant (USA) Brigadier General (CSA) |
| Conflicts | American Civil War |
| Other work | Florida Comptroller, Civil engineer |
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.