Charles Baker is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:
Name:
Charles Baker
Rank:
Seaman
Serial Number:
4302942
Unit:
Merchant Ship Atalante
Date of Death:
1815-01-30
State:
Virginia
Cemetery:
American Prisoner of War Cemetery, Dartmoor Forest, West Devon Borough, Devon, England
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Charles Baker was a 19-year-old seaman from Virginia who served aboard the merchant ship Atalante. During the War of 1812, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Dartmoor Prison in Princetown, England. Baker died on January 30, 1815, with variola recorded as his cause of death. He was buried at the American Prisoner of War Cemetery in Dartmoor Forest, Devon, England.