Son of David Sherman Baker & Mary Cahoone Waite Baker.
Private, Company H, 4th Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Enlisted on 13 Sep 1861. He was killed in the Battle of Newbern 14 Mar 1862 at 17 years of age. His body arrived back in Wickford 16 Apr 1862.
The G. A. R. Post in North Kingstown was named C. C. Baker 16 in his honor.
See the memorial for Sgt George Hazard Church, Jr.; friends, both died the same day and are buried in Elm Grove Cemetery. Lois Buck posted a contemporary news account of their funerals in the SGT Church's memorial.
The Battle of New Bern (also known as New Berne) was fought on 14 March 1862, near the city of New Bern, North Carolina, as part of the Burnside Expedition of the American Civil War.
Union losses: 90 killed, 380 wounded, 1 missing. Confederate losses: 64 killed, 101 wounded, 413 captured or missing.
Private, Company H, 4th Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Enlisted on 13 Sep 1861. He was killed in the Battle of Newbern 14 Mar 1862 at 17 years of age. His body arrived back in Wickford 16 Apr 1862.
The G. A. R. Post in North Kingstown was named C. C. Baker 16 in his honor.
See the memorial for Sgt George Hazard Church, Jr.; friends, both died the same day and are buried in Elm Grove Cemetery. Lois Buck posted a contemporary news account of their funerals in the SGT Church's memorial.
The Battle of New Bern (also known as New Berne) was fought on 14 March 1862, near the city of New Bern, North Carolina, as part of the Burnside Expedition of the American Civil War.
Union losses: 90 killed, 380 wounded, 1 missing. Confederate losses: 64 killed, 101 wounded, 413 captured or missing.
Son of David Sherman Baker & Mary Cahoone Waite Baker.
Private, Company H, 4th Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Enlisted on 13 Sep 1861. He was killed in the Battle of Newbern 14 Mar 1862 at 17 years of age. His body arrived back in Wickford 16 Apr 1862.
The G. A. R. Post in North Kingstown was named C. C. Baker 16 in his honor.
See the memorial for Sgt George Hazard Church, Jr.; friends, both died the same day and are buried in Elm Grove Cemetery. Lois Buck posted a contemporary news account of their funerals in the SGT Church's memorial.
The Battle of New Bern (also known as New Berne) was fought on 14 March 1862, near the city of New Bern, North Carolina, as part of the Burnside Expedition of the American Civil War.
Union losses: 90 killed, 380 wounded, 1 missing. Confederate losses: 64 killed, 101 wounded, 413 captured or missing.
Private, Company H, 4th Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry Regiment. Enlisted on 13 Sep 1861. He was killed in the Battle of Newbern 14 Mar 1862 at 17 years of age. His body arrived back in Wickford 16 Apr 1862.
The G. A. R. Post in North Kingstown was named C. C. Baker 16 in his honor.
See the memorial for Sgt George Hazard Church, Jr.; friends, both died the same day and are buried in Elm Grove Cemetery. Lois Buck posted a contemporary news account of their funerals in the SGT Church's memorial.
The Battle of New Bern (also known as New Berne) was fought on 14 March 1862, near the city of New Bern, North Carolina, as part of the Burnside Expedition of the American Civil War.
Union losses: 90 killed, 380 wounded, 1 missing. Confederate losses: 64 killed, 101 wounded, 413 captured or missing.
Inscription
CHARLES C. BAKER-1845-14 MAR 1862
S/O DAVID S. BAKER & MARY C.
VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR
D. BATTLE OF NEWBURNE
Older marble stone:
CHARLES C. BAKER, CO H, 4TH REG. RI VOLS, KILLED AT NEWBURNE, MAR. 14, 1862, IN HIS 17TH Y
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