included in Sweeney's Third Infantry Division command were Mark W. Clark and Dwight David Eisenhower. In Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life, 1890–1945, military historian Carlo d'Este relates a story of then-Lt. Colonel Eisenhower being offered a coveted invitation to one of Sweeney's regular poker games. Although Sweeney was a keen card player, newcomer Eisenhower won so much money from Sweeney and the other poker-game regulars that he was not known to have been invited back. Sweeney retired from active duty due to age on November 30, 1940. However, in June 1942 he was called out of retirement to head the California State Guard. He retired from this post in 1943. Sweeney died on April 9, 1963, at Letterman Army Hospital, San Francisco, California. Family The 1880 United States Census shows that Walter Sweeney, then 3, shared his family home with his parents and seven siblings: Rose M. Sweeney, 22; Andrew T. Sweeney, 20; Mary Sweeney, 16; Sallie Sweeney, 15; Willie Sweeney, 11; Frank Sweeney, 5; and Edgar Sweeney, 2. Walter C. Sweeney married Anne Eloise McConnell (born April 26, 1873) of Tennessee on April 10, 1904. They remained married until her death on December 15, 1953, in San Francisco, California. The couple had three children: Elizabeth Josephine Sweeney Gayle, (June 25, 1905 – July 17, 1970). Walter Campbell Sweeney Jr., (July 23, 1909 – December 22, 1965), a U.S. Air Force general who served as commander of the Tactical Air Command. Anne Eloise Sweeney, (September 2, 1912 – September 14, 1989), a U.S. Army officer who achieved the rank of Lt. Colonel and served as deputy director of the Women's Army Corps. Dates of rank Source: Official Army Register. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1943. Page 1310. Private & Corporal, 1st West Virginia Volunteers, May 7, 1898, to January 4, 1899 2nd Lieutenant, 1st West Virginia Volunteers, January 5, 1899 2nd Lieutenant, United States Army, June 21, 1899 1st Lieutenant, United States Army, February 2, 1901 Captain, United States Army, June 28, 1909 Major, United States Army, July 25, 1917 Lt. Colonel, National Army, August 20, 1917 Colonel, National Army, October 24, 1918 (Reverted to rank of major following the end of World War I.) Lt. Colonel, United States Army, July 1, 1920 Colonel, United States Army, March 21, 1926 Brigadier General, United States Army, December 24, 1935 Major General, United States Army, June 1, 1938 Retired, United States Army, November