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SGT Wiley Baker

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SGT Wiley Baker

Birth
Clay County, Kentucky, USA
Death
2 Jan 1863 (aged 30)
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
Plot
Section E, Site 2196
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Served in Co. I, 8th Kentucky Infantry. KIA in the Battle of Stones River.


Wiley served with his three brothers Granville, James and Isaac in Company I of the 8th Regiment of Kentucky Infantry. He enlisted as a Sergeant on November 13, 1861. On October 8, 1862, the 8th fought in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky. The battle involved 38,000 troops and resulted in 4,300 Union casualties and 3,400 Confederate. This was the largest battle fought in the State of Kentucky during the Civil War.

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Contributed by kimshockey (reb)

NOTE: There are stories that Wiley Baker married a Loudema Riley and had children before he goes off to fight in the Civil War. There does not appear to be any facts to support this and to the contrary all facts seem to dispute the claim. By November 1861 Wiley enlists in the Army and soon goes off to war. He is killed at Murfreesboro, Tennessee on January2, 1863 only 14 months later. The Loudema Riley he supposedly married lived in Breathitt County and married a George Fox in 1857. They had several children together and she does not seem to have ever left that area any more than Wiley ever left Owsley County until the war. In November 1870, Wiley's mother Lucinda Baker made a Civil War pension request in the name of her son. This request was only legal since her son had lived at home before the war, was unmarried and had no dependents. Had Wiley been married with children as the Loudema Riley story states, this pension request would have been denied. There are two pension requests documents circulating on Ancestry, the first is the legitimate form showing Lucinda as Wiley's mother. The second is a photocopy of that form with Loudema's name written in. The 2nd form cannot be found in actual records.

Served in Co. I, 8th Kentucky Infantry. KIA in the Battle of Stones River.


Wiley served with his three brothers Granville, James and Isaac in Company I of the 8th Regiment of Kentucky Infantry. He enlisted as a Sergeant on November 13, 1861. On October 8, 1862, the 8th fought in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky. The battle involved 38,000 troops and resulted in 4,300 Union casualties and 3,400 Confederate. This was the largest battle fought in the State of Kentucky during the Civil War.

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Contributed by kimshockey (reb)

NOTE: There are stories that Wiley Baker married a Loudema Riley and had children before he goes off to fight in the Civil War. There does not appear to be any facts to support this and to the contrary all facts seem to dispute the claim. By November 1861 Wiley enlists in the Army and soon goes off to war. He is killed at Murfreesboro, Tennessee on January2, 1863 only 14 months later. The Loudema Riley he supposedly married lived in Breathitt County and married a George Fox in 1857. They had several children together and she does not seem to have ever left that area any more than Wiley ever left Owsley County until the war. In November 1870, Wiley's mother Lucinda Baker made a Civil War pension request in the name of her son. This request was only legal since her son had lived at home before the war, was unmarried and had no dependents. Had Wiley been married with children as the Loudema Riley story states, this pension request would have been denied. There are two pension requests documents circulating on Ancestry, the first is the legitimate form showing Lucinda as Wiley's mother. The second is a photocopy of that form with Loudema's name written in. The 2nd form cannot be found in actual records.

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2196
- BAKER
SGT.
KY.

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