Records of the Adjutant General's Office. 1762 - 1984. Case Files of Investigations by Levi C. Turner and Lafayette C. Baker

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Records of the Adjutant General's Office. 1762 - 1984. Case Files of Investigations by Levi C. Turner and Lafayette C. Baker

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National Archives at Washington, D.C

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National Archives at Washington, D.C

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Baker, Lafayette C., 1826-1868

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Baker was born in Stafford, New York, on October 13, 1826. He became a mechanic, moved to Michigan in 1839, returned to New York in 1848, moved to California in 1853, and was a San Francisco vigilante in 1856. He moved to the District of Columbia in 1861. Baker's exploits are mainly known through his book A History of the Secret Service which he published in 1867 after his fall from grace. During the early months of the Civil War, he spied for General Winfield Scott on Confederate forces in V...

Turner, Levi C., -1867

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