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LeRoy Pope Walker ( February 7 1817August 23 1884 ) was the first Secretary Of War for the Confederate States Of America , serving briefly in 1861, and a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army . He was born on February 7 1817 in Huntsville, Alabama , the son of John Williams Walker and Matilda Pope, and the grandson of LeRoy Pope . He married Eliza Dickson Pickett on July 29 1850 . He died on August 23 1884 and is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville.