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Jesse James Baker Jr.

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Jesse James Baker Jr. Veteran

Birth
Death
7 Feb 1865 (aged 18–19)
Burial
Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.3744958, Longitude: -77.995886
Plot
Old Section Lot # 406
Memorial ID
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Born 1846, died in 1865.

Jesse served with Co. D, 1st NC, Heavy Artillery. He enlisted in Wayne County, NC April 7, 1864 and served with Company D at Fort Fisher on the coast of NC. He was wounded and captured during the fall of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865 and was transfered to Point Lookout, Md. where he died from his wounds.

From the Compiled Confederate Military Service Records found in the National Archives, Washington, D.C and additional information compiled by Raymond W. Watkins, Falls Church, Va. in 1993 from cemetery records and from Record Group 109.
Born 1846, died in 1865.

Jesse served with Co. D, 1st NC, Heavy Artillery. He enlisted in Wayne County, NC April 7, 1864 and served with Company D at Fort Fisher on the coast of NC. He was wounded and captured during the fall of Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865 and was transfered to Point Lookout, Md. where he died from his wounds.

From the Compiled Confederate Military Service Records found in the National Archives, Washington, D.C and additional information compiled by Raymond W. Watkins, Falls Church, Va. in 1993 from cemetery records and from Record Group 109.

Inscription

JESSE BAKER
A Confederate Soldier
Born 1846
mortally wounded at Fort Fisher
taken prisoner to Point Lookout and
Died 1865



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