Joseph J. Baker Correspondence, 1863-1864

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Joseph J. Baker Correspondence, 1863-1864

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Joseph J. Baker's letters discuss the October 1863 Battle at Chickamauga and the 1864 battles at Marietta, Georgia, part of the Atlanta Campaign, including estimates of wounded, killed, and captured soldiers, food resources, and sentiments sent to his family.

0.1 cu. ft.; 1 folder

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Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Polk, Leonidas, General

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Baker, Joseph J., 54th Regiment, Virginia Infantry

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Joseph J. Baker was born about 1841 in Wythe County, Virginia. He enlisted with Company K, 54th Regiment, Virginia Infantry, in April 1862. In October 1863, he was promoted to Corporal. Shortly after one of the letters in this collection was written in June 1864, Baker was taken prisoner outside Marietta, Georgia. He was released from Camp Morton, Indiana, in June 1865, and returned to Wythe County. Some time between 1865 and 1871, he married and he and his wife, Sarah, had at least...