1887-12-24 Daily InterOcean Chicago, Old Buckskin

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1887-12-24 Daily InterOcean Chicago, Old Buckskin

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Title: 1887-12-24 Article from The Daily Inter-Ocean

Collection Number: MS 87-148

Scope and Content: Newspaper clipping from The Daily Inter-Ocean newspaper, dated December 24, 1887. This article introduces readers to Lieut. L.B. Baker and his trusty steed, Old Buckskin. The article deals with Baker's account regarding the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth.

Language: English

Type of Resource: text

Genre: Newspaper clipping

Digital Origin: reformatted digital

Subject: American Civil War

Subject: Old Buckskin

Subject: horse

Subject: assassination

Subject: death

Subject: newspaper

Subject: clipping

Subject: lieutenant

Subject Name: Baker, L.B.

Subject Name: Booth, John Wilkes

Inclusive Dates: December 24, 1887

Location of Originals: Archives of Michigan

Use Restrictions: Please contact the Archives of Michigan for permission to publish.

Access Restrictions: To preserve the original items, this collection is only available online.

Notes

Biography or Historical Note: Enlisted for the Civil War in October 1862 in a company of Calvary which was intended to form a part of the Sixth Iowa Calvary. However, in November, at the invitation of his cousin, Lafayette C. Baker, Chief of the Secret Service in Washington, he resigned and reported to Washington, becoming a part of the Secret Service. In June 1863, he became Quartermaster of the First District of Columbia Calvary with the rank of Lieutenant. In February 1864 the First District of Columbia Calvary became a part of the Army of the James in the Department of Virginia and North Carolina under General B.F. Butler, and at this time Lieutenant Baker assumed the additional responsibilities of the ordnance and commissary departments.

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