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Captured!: The Civil War Experience of Superintendent of the Census Francis Amasa Walker
Written by:
Jason G. Gauthier
On August 25, 1864, Confederate scout Jacob W. Cobb, Jr. (Company K, 9th Georgia Infantry) captured future superintendent of the census Colonel Francis Amasa Walker during the Second Battle of Ream’s Station.