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1826 - Born on October 13th in Stafford, New York. Lafayette Baker, the head of the U.S. Secret Service during the Civil War.
1848 - Baker left his home in Michigan, where the family had moved when he was a child, and worked at a variety of occupations in the West.
1852 - Baker married Jennie C. Curry.
1856 - He joined the San Francisco Vigilance Command.
1861 - Volunteered to penetrate Confederate lines to obtain information for the North.
1862 - He was the chief of the United States Secret Service.
1867 - He wrote History of the United States Secret Service.
1868 - Baker testified before the House Judiciary Committee during Johnson's impeachment trial.
- Died on July 3rd in Philadelphia of spinal meningitis and fever.
1848 - Baker left his home in Michigan, where the family had moved when he was a child, and worked at a variety of occupations in the West.
1852 - Baker married Jennie C. Curry.
1856 - He joined the San Francisco Vigilance Command.
1861 - Volunteered to penetrate Confederate lines to obtain information for the North.
1862 - He was the chief of the United States Secret Service.
1867 - He wrote History of the United States Secret Service.
1868 - Baker testified before the House Judiciary Committee during Johnson's impeachment trial.
- Died on July 3rd in Philadelphia of spinal meningitis and fever.
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