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English Immigrant Boy Who Became a Great American
Edward Dickinson Baker, born in England on February 24, 1811, rose to high political office in Illinois and Oregon before serving as a brigadier general for the Union in the Civil War. A friend of Abraham Lincoln, he addressed congress in uniform, led troops at Ball’s Bluff, and was buried in California's Lone Mountain cemetery.
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Edward Dickinson Baker
Union
England
Patrick Henry
Baker
Isle of Wight
London
Trafalgar
Lord Somerville
Philadelphia
William Penn
Edward
Illinois
Edward Baker
Springfield
Sangamon
Mary Ann Lee
Black Hawk
New Salem
Abraham Lincoln
Abe
Ned
Vandalia
Stephen Logan
Lincoln
Senate
Congress
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
James Shields
Cerro Gordo
Galena
Panama
California
Ed Bar Lee Nat A Osi
Ian Gambler
General Richardson
United States
Republican Party
Cora
Oregon
Fort Sumter
New York
Union Square
Houses of
Monroe
Ball’s Bluff
State
Lone Mountain
Presidio
San Francisco
Golden Gate
West
Pacific
Empire State
Judah P. Benjamin
Louisiana