Oregon U.S. Senator Edward Baker who is the only sitting U.S. senator to be killed in battle, died in this war.
- Civil War
- French and Indian War
- Mexican War
- World War II
Oregon U.S. Senator Edward Baker who is the only sitting U.S. senator to be killed in battle, died in this war.
Civil War. Union colonel Edward Baker died in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff on October 21, 1868. President Abraham Lincoln’s second son, Edward “Eddie” Baker Lincoln, was named for Senator Baker.