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