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
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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