title: Walthall
text: # Walthall
  
  Walthall is a surname, first name, and place name. It may refer to:
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Walthall (surname), of English extraction
  
  ## People
  
  * Anna Mae Walthall (1894-1950), American actress
  * Edward C. Walthall (1831–1898), American Confederate general and politician
  * Henry B. Walthall (1878–1936), American actor
  * Madison Walthall (1792–1848), American politician
  * Thomas Walthall, Master of the Mercers' Company (1611)
  * William Walthall, Master of the Mercers' Company (1605)
  * William Walthall, patentee of land in Virginia in 1654 that became Port Walthall
  * Walthall Robertson Joyner (1854–1925), the 40th mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
  * Walthall M. Moore (1886-1960), a politician from St. Louis and first African American to serve in the Missouri state legislature
  
  ## Places
  
  * Walthall, Mississippi, a village in Webster County
  * Walthall County, Mississippi, a county in that state
  * Walthall Mill, Virginia, an incorporated area in Chesterfield County
  * Port Walthall, a former town on the Appomattox River in Chesterfield County, Virginia
  
  ## Other
  
  * Walthall County School District, is a public school district based in Tylertown, Mississippi
  * Walthall School (Hattiesburg, Mississippi), is a former public school on the National Register of Historic Places
  * Battle of Port Walthall Junction, fought May 6–7, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War
  