Rollin Thomas Baker

1828 - 1863  (35 years)

• Name	Rollin Thomas Baker
  Birth	1828	GA
  Gender	Male
  _UID	BD99D8A00C5FA24EA8C04839FA8D3B7A4E3A
  Death	Feb 1863	Arkansas, Lonoke Co., AR
  Person ID	I68494	sorrells
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2021

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Jane Glover,   b. Feb 1835, GA d. 4 Mar 1901, DeWitt, Arkansas Co., AR (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	23 Mar 1851	Sumter Co., GA
  Children	1. Thomas Larkin Baker,   b. 13 Jul 1854, Sumter Co., GA d. 28 Aug 1934, DeWitt, Arkansas Co., AR (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F26462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  1860 United States Federal Census Name: B T Baker [R. T. ] Age: 32 Birth Year: abt 1828 Gender: Male Birth Place: Georgia Home in 1860: White Oak, Jefferson, Arkansas Post Office: White Oak Dwelling Number: 543 Family Number: 505 Occupation: Farmer B T Baker 32 Mary A J Baker 26 Larkin T Baker 5 Eugenia Baker 1 Rollin Thomas “RT” Baker Birth 1828 Georgia, USA Death Feb 1863 (aged 34–35) Arkansas, USA Burial Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: Possibly buried at Saint Charles Memorial ID 78707429 RT Baker was with the 24th Arkansas (Confederate)Regiment and never returns home. He was not with the soldiers captured at Arkansas Post in Jan 11, 1863. He was present at t. Charles Arkansas Dec 31, 1862. It is believed he was left behind as a guard unit for the hospital at the time of Arkansas Post. The elements not captured at Arkansas Post were subsequently consolidated with Crawford's Infantry Battalion and the 19th (Dawson's)Infantry Regiment and the combined unit edesignated as "Dawson's-Hardy's Infantry Regiment (Consolidated) in early 1863. We find a probate record dates April 15, 1863 in Bradley County, Arkansas which gives the estate to his wife Mary. No date of death is mentioned. His wife remarries in 1865. Any info would be greatly appreciated ------------------------------------------- Courtesy of Doyle Taylor The fact that he was listed as "Present", on his muster roll card for Dec. 31st, 1862 means that he was able for duty with his company. Since his company was at St. Charles at that time when the muster roll was taken we can assume that he was there. Apparently either he was on some duty which prevented him from making the march to Arkansas Post 10 days later or he was ill and physically unable to do so. Since St Charles was abandoned by January 14th, because of the Advance of the Union Navy gunboats, and because the Union Navy did not report the capture of anyone in Hospital at St. Charles, we can only assume that he (may) had been taken to Devals Bluff. If Sgt Baker was one of the sick reported paroled in hospital at Devals Bluff there apparently it does not appear that any record survived of that. Therefore, I would "assume" that he was one of the soldiers who escaped into the woods with the remainder of he regiment. These men apparently made their way to Little Rock and then back to Pine Bluff and Camp White Sulphur Springs for reorganization. This would have been by late January as the Confederate High Command was trying to reestablish their defenses of the lower Arkansas River Valley. St Charles at this time was for all intents and purposes abandoned. Any in the Hospital there would have been relocated to Sulphur Springs. But as I said the Union Navy have reported that no one was there on Jan. 14th. That the Confederates had left. Therefore, I would conclude that given that January 1863 , especially the period from the 13th to 20th, was extreme cold and wet weather wise. Other reports by Confederates spoke of the miserable condition of being in the open with no blankets or tents in a camp "Fort Douglas" on the Arkansas River above Arkansas Post which they called "Camp Freezeout". I would imagine that Sgt Baker having abandoned their camp equipment and experiencing those conditions while trying to avoid capture and such once he arrived back at Sulphur Springs probably contracted an illness like pneumonia and died there somewhere around the 1st of February since there is no record of his being present for duty with Capt. Edwards in Company "C" 19th/24th Arkansas Infantry.