John A Baker, resident of New Hanover, North Carolina, enlisted 16 May 1861 in Capt. Alex D. Moore's Company of North Carolina State Troops known as New Hanover County in the 10th regiment North Carolina Troops. He was mustered into service at Camp Boylan near Raleigh, North Carolina and transferred to the Confederate States service on 23 August 1861. He was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in Company E, 1st North Carolina Light Artillery Battery. He was resigned as 1st Lieutenant on 09 April 1862 and accepted Full Captainancy on 09 April 1862. Mustered out of regiment on 03 September 1862.
John was commissioned a field & staff officer, Colonel on 03 September 1862 in the 3rd (41st State Troops) North Carolina Cavalry. On 21 June 1864 he was captured near Petersburg, Virginia and sent to the Old Captial Prison in Washington, DC where he stayed about a month before being sent to Fort Delaware on 22 July 1864. He was sent to Hilton Head, South Carolina on 20 August 1864 as part of the "IMMORTAL 600" group of officers the Union used as a human shield. Found a 3 page letter in his CMSA that he wrote on 13 February 1865 at Fort Pulaski, Georgia where he wrote about taking the Oath of Allegiance. On 06 March 1865 at Hilton Head, SC it is noted that he was asking to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America but then it is noted entry cancelled. No further records found after this date.
North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Name: John A Baker
Gender: Male
Spouse: Minerva G Haywood
Spouse Gender: Female
Bond Date: 30 Sep 1856
Bond #: 000151278
Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1856
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 003528
County: Wake
Record #: 01 024
Bondsman: Sion H Rogers
Witness: Thomas J Utley
Performed By: R S Mason, Minister of the Gospel
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: J A Baker
Age in 1860: 27
Birth Year: abt 1833
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina
Gender: Male
Post Office: Wilmington
Household Members - Name/Age:
J A Baker 27
Minerva Baker 23
Jane Baker 1
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: John A Baker
Residence: North Carolina
Enlistment Date: 16 May 1861
Rank at enlistment: 1st Lieutenant
State Served: North Carolina
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Commissioned an officer in Company E, North Carolina Co. A 1st Light Artillery Battery on 16 May 1861. Promoted to Full Colonel on 03 Sep 1862.Mustered out on 09 Apr 1862.Commissioned an officer in on 09 Apr 1862.Promoted to Full Captain on 09 Apr 1862.Mustered out on 03 Sep 1863. Commissioned an officer in on 03 Sep 1863.
Sources: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
(Following bio by Noname)John attended University of South Carolina and Harvard Law School, Wilmington, North Carolina.
He was married six times, including Minnie Haywood, sister of Col. E.G. Haywood of the 7th North Carolina Infantry. Other wives include Letitia Hargin and Susan Lawrence. Prior to the war he was lawyer in Wilmington and married in 1859 to Minerva Graham Haywood (1837-1866) and had a daughter Jennie Graham Baker (1859-1919).
CAPTAIN, and VADC to General French, 1862. COLONEL, 3rd NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRY September 03, 1862. PRISONER OF WAR near Petersburg, VA., June 21, 1864.
One of the "IMMORTAL 600". Unlike his more resolute fellow prisoners, Baker, took the oath of Allegiance in March 1865, earning their contempt.
John lived in Wilmington, West Indies and Charleston, North Carolina.
After the war he was an attorney in Roanoke VA. in 1895.
DIED : March 15, 1903, at Saint Mary's Infirmary in Galveston.
BURIED: Calvary Cemetery, Galveston.
ONE DIARIST: called Baker, " notoriously unfit, confessedly ignorant and incompetent and inefficient. " as Colonel, so much so his officers asked him to resign.
OTHER SOURCES: peg Baker, as a drunk. On the plus side, subordinate found him " the finest-looking man I ever saw, " which may have had some connection to his being married six times.
John was commissioned a field & staff officer, Colonel on 03 September 1862 in the 3rd (41st State Troops) North Carolina Cavalry. On 21 June 1864 he was captured near Petersburg, Virginia and sent to the Old Captial Prison in Washington, DC where he stayed about a month before being sent to Fort Delaware on 22 July 1864. He was sent to Hilton Head, South Carolina on 20 August 1864 as part of the "IMMORTAL 600" group of officers the Union used as a human shield. Found a 3 page letter in his CMSA that he wrote on 13 February 1865 at Fort Pulaski, Georgia where he wrote about taking the Oath of Allegiance. On 06 March 1865 at Hilton Head, SC it is noted that he was asking to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America but then it is noted entry cancelled. No further records found after this date.
North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Name: John A Baker
Gender: Male
Spouse: Minerva G Haywood
Spouse Gender: Female
Bond Date: 30 Sep 1856
Bond #: 000151278
Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1856
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 003528
County: Wake
Record #: 01 024
Bondsman: Sion H Rogers
Witness: Thomas J Utley
Performed By: R S Mason, Minister of the Gospel
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: J A Baker
Age in 1860: 27
Birth Year: abt 1833
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina
Gender: Male
Post Office: Wilmington
Household Members - Name/Age:
J A Baker 27
Minerva Baker 23
Jane Baker 1
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: John A Baker
Residence: North Carolina
Enlistment Date: 16 May 1861
Rank at enlistment: 1st Lieutenant
State Served: North Carolina
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Commissioned an officer in Company E, North Carolina Co. A 1st Light Artillery Battery on 16 May 1861. Promoted to Full Colonel on 03 Sep 1862.Mustered out on 09 Apr 1862.Commissioned an officer in on 09 Apr 1862.Promoted to Full Captain on 09 Apr 1862.Mustered out on 03 Sep 1863. Commissioned an officer in on 03 Sep 1863.
Sources: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
(Following bio by Noname)John attended University of South Carolina and Harvard Law School, Wilmington, North Carolina.
He was married six times, including Minnie Haywood, sister of Col. E.G. Haywood of the 7th North Carolina Infantry. Other wives include Letitia Hargin and Susan Lawrence. Prior to the war he was lawyer in Wilmington and married in 1859 to Minerva Graham Haywood (1837-1866) and had a daughter Jennie Graham Baker (1859-1919).
CAPTAIN, and VADC to General French, 1862. COLONEL, 3rd NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRY September 03, 1862. PRISONER OF WAR near Petersburg, VA., June 21, 1864.
One of the "IMMORTAL 600". Unlike his more resolute fellow prisoners, Baker, took the oath of Allegiance in March 1865, earning their contempt.
John lived in Wilmington, West Indies and Charleston, North Carolina.
After the war he was an attorney in Roanoke VA. in 1895.
DIED : March 15, 1903, at Saint Mary's Infirmary in Galveston.
BURIED: Calvary Cemetery, Galveston.
ONE DIARIST: called Baker, " notoriously unfit, confessedly ignorant and incompetent and inefficient. " as Colonel, so much so his officers asked him to resign.
OTHER SOURCES: peg Baker, as a drunk. On the plus side, subordinate found him " the finest-looking man I ever saw, " which may have had some connection to his being married six times.
John A Baker, resident of New Hanover, North Carolina, enlisted 16 May 1861 in Capt. Alex D. Moore's Company of North Carolina State Troops known as New Hanover County in the 10th regiment North Carolina Troops. He was mustered into service at Camp Boylan near Raleigh, North Carolina and transferred to the Confederate States service on 23 August 1861. He was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in Company E, 1st North Carolina Light Artillery Battery. He was resigned as 1st Lieutenant on 09 April 1862 and accepted Full Captainancy on 09 April 1862. Mustered out of regiment on 03 September 1862.
John was commissioned a field & staff officer, Colonel on 03 September 1862 in the 3rd (41st State Troops) North Carolina Cavalry. On 21 June 1864 he was captured near Petersburg, Virginia and sent to the Old Captial Prison in Washington, DC where he stayed about a month before being sent to Fort Delaware on 22 July 1864. He was sent to Hilton Head, South Carolina on 20 August 1864 as part of the "IMMORTAL 600" group of officers the Union used as a human shield. Found a 3 page letter in his CMSA that he wrote on 13 February 1865 at Fort Pulaski, Georgia where he wrote about taking the Oath of Allegiance. On 06 March 1865 at Hilton Head, SC it is noted that he was asking to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America but then it is noted entry cancelled. No further records found after this date.
North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Name: John A Baker
Gender: Male
Spouse: Minerva G Haywood
Spouse Gender: Female
Bond Date: 30 Sep 1856
Bond #: 000151278
Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1856
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 003528
County: Wake
Record #: 01 024
Bondsman: Sion H Rogers
Witness: Thomas J Utley
Performed By: R S Mason, Minister of the Gospel
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: J A Baker
Age in 1860: 27
Birth Year: abt 1833
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina
Gender: Male
Post Office: Wilmington
Household Members - Name/Age:
J A Baker 27
Minerva Baker 23
Jane Baker 1
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: John A Baker
Residence: North Carolina
Enlistment Date: 16 May 1861
Rank at enlistment: 1st Lieutenant
State Served: North Carolina
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Commissioned an officer in Company E, North Carolina Co. A 1st Light Artillery Battery on 16 May 1861. Promoted to Full Colonel on 03 Sep 1862.Mustered out on 09 Apr 1862.Commissioned an officer in on 09 Apr 1862.Promoted to Full Captain on 09 Apr 1862.Mustered out on 03 Sep 1863. Commissioned an officer in on 03 Sep 1863.
Sources: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
(Following bio by Noname)John attended University of South Carolina and Harvard Law School, Wilmington, North Carolina.
He was married six times, including Minnie Haywood, sister of Col. E.G. Haywood of the 7th North Carolina Infantry. Other wives include Letitia Hargin and Susan Lawrence. Prior to the war he was lawyer in Wilmington and married in 1859 to Minerva Graham Haywood (1837-1866) and had a daughter Jennie Graham Baker (1859-1919).
CAPTAIN, and VADC to General French, 1862. COLONEL, 3rd NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRY September 03, 1862. PRISONER OF WAR near Petersburg, VA., June 21, 1864.
One of the "IMMORTAL 600". Unlike his more resolute fellow prisoners, Baker, took the oath of Allegiance in March 1865, earning their contempt.
John lived in Wilmington, West Indies and Charleston, North Carolina.
After the war he was an attorney in Roanoke VA. in 1895.
DIED : March 15, 1903, at Saint Mary's Infirmary in Galveston.
BURIED: Calvary Cemetery, Galveston.
ONE DIARIST: called Baker, " notoriously unfit, confessedly ignorant and incompetent and inefficient. " as Colonel, so much so his officers asked him to resign.
OTHER SOURCES: peg Baker, as a drunk. On the plus side, subordinate found him " the finest-looking man I ever saw, " which may have had some connection to his being married six times.
John was commissioned a field & staff officer, Colonel on 03 September 1862 in the 3rd (41st State Troops) North Carolina Cavalry. On 21 June 1864 he was captured near Petersburg, Virginia and sent to the Old Captial Prison in Washington, DC where he stayed about a month before being sent to Fort Delaware on 22 July 1864. He was sent to Hilton Head, South Carolina on 20 August 1864 as part of the "IMMORTAL 600" group of officers the Union used as a human shield. Found a 3 page letter in his CMSA that he wrote on 13 February 1865 at Fort Pulaski, Georgia where he wrote about taking the Oath of Allegiance. On 06 March 1865 at Hilton Head, SC it is noted that he was asking to take the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America but then it is noted entry cancelled. No further records found after this date.
North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Name: John A Baker
Gender: Male
Spouse: Minerva G Haywood
Spouse Gender: Female
Bond Date: 30 Sep 1856
Bond #: 000151278
Marriage Date: 30 Sep 1856
Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum: 003528
County: Wake
Record #: 01 024
Bondsman: Sion H Rogers
Witness: Thomas J Utley
Performed By: R S Mason, Minister of the Gospel
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: J A Baker
Age in 1860: 27
Birth Year: abt 1833
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1860: Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina
Gender: Male
Post Office: Wilmington
Household Members - Name/Age:
J A Baker 27
Minerva Baker 23
Jane Baker 1
U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865
Name: John A Baker
Residence: North Carolina
Enlistment Date: 16 May 1861
Rank at enlistment: 1st Lieutenant
State Served: North Carolina
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Commissioned an officer in Company E, North Carolina Co. A 1st Light Artillery Battery on 16 May 1861. Promoted to Full Colonel on 03 Sep 1862.Mustered out on 09 Apr 1862.Commissioned an officer in on 09 Apr 1862.Promoted to Full Captain on 09 Apr 1862.Mustered out on 03 Sep 1863. Commissioned an officer in on 03 Sep 1863.
Sources: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster
(Following bio by Noname)John attended University of South Carolina and Harvard Law School, Wilmington, North Carolina.
He was married six times, including Minnie Haywood, sister of Col. E.G. Haywood of the 7th North Carolina Infantry. Other wives include Letitia Hargin and Susan Lawrence. Prior to the war he was lawyer in Wilmington and married in 1859 to Minerva Graham Haywood (1837-1866) and had a daughter Jennie Graham Baker (1859-1919).
CAPTAIN, and VADC to General French, 1862. COLONEL, 3rd NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRY September 03, 1862. PRISONER OF WAR near Petersburg, VA., June 21, 1864.
One of the "IMMORTAL 600". Unlike his more resolute fellow prisoners, Baker, took the oath of Allegiance in March 1865, earning their contempt.
John lived in Wilmington, West Indies and Charleston, North Carolina.
After the war he was an attorney in Roanoke VA. in 1895.
DIED : March 15, 1903, at Saint Mary's Infirmary in Galveston.
BURIED: Calvary Cemetery, Galveston.
ONE DIARIST: called Baker, " notoriously unfit, confessedly ignorant and incompetent and inefficient. " as Colonel, so much so his officers asked him to resign.
OTHER SOURCES: peg Baker, as a drunk. On the plus side, subordinate found him " the finest-looking man I ever saw, " which may have had some connection to his being married six times.
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