Name: William E. Baker
Rank: Private
State Served: Tennessee
Unit: 7th Cavalry Regiment
Company: E
7th Tennessee Calvary, Companies E & C, private, enlisted for 3 years at Huntingdon on 6/28/62 by Capt. Parsons and mustered at Humboldt on 8/11/62. He was 5'8" tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, black hair, a farmer, residence Buena Vista, Carroll Co, TN. Captured at Trenton, TN on 12/20/62, he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase, OH awaiting exchange. Captured again with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Baker spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia and was exchanged Jan/Feb 1864. He was in Annapolis, MD and then at the hospital in Jeffersonville, IN. Baker mustered out on a disability discharge through Louisville, KY on 6/1/65. He married Nancy J Hall in 1870. He applied for and received an invalid pension in 1880 and died before Nancy. Buried in the Palestine Cemetery in Benton Co, TN, he has a military marker on his grave. After Baker's death the children lived with others at times because their mother was "not too clear of mind" (pension). Nancy J Baker applied for a widow's pension, while in Pennsylvania. A minor child received a pension in Tennessee in the 1890s. Joseph Allen was appointed guardian.
Rank: Private
State Served: Tennessee
Unit: 7th Cavalry Regiment
Company: E
7th Tennessee Calvary, Companies E & C, private, enlisted for 3 years at Huntingdon on 6/28/62 by Capt. Parsons and mustered at Humboldt on 8/11/62. He was 5'8" tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, black hair, a farmer, residence Buena Vista, Carroll Co, TN. Captured at Trenton, TN on 12/20/62, he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase, OH awaiting exchange. Captured again with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Baker spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia and was exchanged Jan/Feb 1864. He was in Annapolis, MD and then at the hospital in Jeffersonville, IN. Baker mustered out on a disability discharge through Louisville, KY on 6/1/65. He married Nancy J Hall in 1870. He applied for and received an invalid pension in 1880 and died before Nancy. Buried in the Palestine Cemetery in Benton Co, TN, he has a military marker on his grave. After Baker's death the children lived with others at times because their mother was "not too clear of mind" (pension). Nancy J Baker applied for a widow's pension, while in Pennsylvania. A minor child received a pension in Tennessee in the 1890s. Joseph Allen was appointed guardian.
Name: William E. Baker
Rank: Private
State Served: Tennessee
Unit: 7th Cavalry Regiment
Company: E
7th Tennessee Calvary, Companies E & C, private, enlisted for 3 years at Huntingdon on 6/28/62 by Capt. Parsons and mustered at Humboldt on 8/11/62. He was 5'8" tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, black hair, a farmer, residence Buena Vista, Carroll Co, TN. Captured at Trenton, TN on 12/20/62, he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase, OH awaiting exchange. Captured again with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Baker spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia and was exchanged Jan/Feb 1864. He was in Annapolis, MD and then at the hospital in Jeffersonville, IN. Baker mustered out on a disability discharge through Louisville, KY on 6/1/65. He married Nancy J Hall in 1870. He applied for and received an invalid pension in 1880 and died before Nancy. Buried in the Palestine Cemetery in Benton Co, TN, he has a military marker on his grave. After Baker's death the children lived with others at times because their mother was "not too clear of mind" (pension). Nancy J Baker applied for a widow's pension, while in Pennsylvania. A minor child received a pension in Tennessee in the 1890s. Joseph Allen was appointed guardian.
Rank: Private
State Served: Tennessee
Unit: 7th Cavalry Regiment
Company: E
7th Tennessee Calvary, Companies E & C, private, enlisted for 3 years at Huntingdon on 6/28/62 by Capt. Parsons and mustered at Humboldt on 8/11/62. He was 5'8" tall, dark complexion, grey eyes, black hair, a farmer, residence Buena Vista, Carroll Co, TN. Captured at Trenton, TN on 12/20/62, he most likely spent time in parole camp at Camp Chase, OH awaiting exchange. Captured again with the regiment at Union City, TN on 3/24/64, Baker spent time in Andersonville Prison in Georgia and was exchanged Jan/Feb 1864. He was in Annapolis, MD and then at the hospital in Jeffersonville, IN. Baker mustered out on a disability discharge through Louisville, KY on 6/1/65. He married Nancy J Hall in 1870. He applied for and received an invalid pension in 1880 and died before Nancy. Buried in the Palestine Cemetery in Benton Co, TN, he has a military marker on his grave. After Baker's death the children lived with others at times because their mother was "not too clear of mind" (pension). Nancy J Baker applied for a widow's pension, while in Pennsylvania. A minor child received a pension in Tennessee in the 1890s. Joseph Allen was appointed guardian.
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