Baker, Lafayette Curry

Life Span
to
Full name
Lafayette Curry Baker
Place of Birth
Stafford, NY
Burial Place
Philadelphia, PA
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
No. of Siblings
4
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
1
Family
Remember Baker (father), Cyntha Stannard Baker (mother), Jenny Baker (wife)
Occupation
Military
Other
Other Occupation
Secret Policeman
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Government
Lincoln Administration (1861-65)
Johnson Administration (1865-69)
Military
Union Army
Date Event
In Washington D.C., the National Police head Lafayette Baker is indicted for false imprisonment and extortion
In Washington D.C., the trial of former National Police head Lafayette Baker for false imprisonment begins
Civil War Spies
Reconstruction
Date Title
Lafayette Curry Baker to Andrew Johnson, November 11, 1865, Washington, D.C.
How to Cite This Page: "Baker, Lafayette Curry," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/45309.