Detached on April 1, 1873, he retired to a life of writing and sketching until his death in Brooklyn, New York. He was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. He was a companion of the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Legacy Posthumously he was called, "one of the most successful and under-celebrated of all Civil War naval officers." Three ships in the United States Navy were named for him. See also Seth Ledyard Phelps (Naval officer who served with Commander Walke and Admiral Foote) Bibliography of Naval history of the American Civil War References Further reading Walke, Henry, 1808-1896. Naval Scenes and Reminiscences of the Civil War in the United States, On the Southern and Western Waters During the Years 1861, 1862 and 1863, With the History of That Period. New York: F.R. Reed, 1877. External links Henry Walke 1809 births 1896 deaths United States Navy admirals People of Ohio in the American Civil War People from Ross County, Ohio