BAKER, Laurence Simmons

Confederate
Born: May 15 1830, Gates Cty NC
Died: April 10 1907, Suffolk VA
Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1851, frontier
service, resigned May 1861
War Service: 1861 Lt. Col. of 1st North Carolina Cavalry, Col., Peninsula
campaign, Seven Days campaign, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, July
1863 Brig. Gen., commanded Hampton's Brigade, commanded a Dept in North
Carolina, Carolinas campaign, Bentonville.
Post War: Farmer, railroad agent