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Lieut William Lawrence Baker

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Lieut William Lawrence Baker Veteran

Birth
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
17 Sep 1862 (aged 22)
Sharpsburg, Washington County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Son of Osmyn & Cornelia R. Baker

Battery Baker (1900-1920, 1904-1945) - Battery Baker was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 3" coastal gun battery on Fort Totten, New York. The battery was named in General Order #78, on 25 May 1903, after 1st Lt. William L. Baker, 4th U.S. Artillery, who was killed 17 Sep 1862 at the Battle of Antietam, Maryland, during the U.S. Civil War. (Member #46961246)

On right side of Osmyn Baker stele, signed at bottom J.G. Batterson, Hartford, Connecticut

William has a cenotaph on his mother Cornelia's marker in
Winsted Old Burying Ground
Son of Osmyn & Cornelia R. Baker

Battery Baker (1900-1920, 1904-1945) - Battery Baker was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 3" coastal gun battery on Fort Totten, New York. The battery was named in General Order #78, on 25 May 1903, after 1st Lt. William L. Baker, 4th U.S. Artillery, who was killed 17 Sep 1862 at the Battle of Antietam, Maryland, during the U.S. Civil War. (Member #46961246)

On right side of Osmyn Baker stele, signed at bottom J.G. Batterson, Hartford, Connecticut

William has a cenotaph on his mother Cornelia's marker in
Winsted Old Burying Ground

Inscription

Osmyn Baker/Born/May 18 1800/Died/Feb. 9 1875//
Elizabeth O Baker/Daughter of/Osmyn & Elizabeth Olmsted/Baker/1833–1912//
Lieut William L Baker/U S A/Son of Osmyn & Cornelia R/Baker/Born Oct 5 1839/
Fell in the Battle of Antietam/Sept 17 1862/J G Batterson/Hartford Connecticut



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