Who's good at tracking obscure details?

[Jim Garrett]

Dennis knows his Montgomery County. Col. Baker made his HQ at a plantation named Annington. It still stands today near White's Ferry. The night before the battle of Ball's Bluff, Col Baker had dinner with his staff at Annington and declared, "Gentlemen, tomorrow we either dine in Leesburg or in Hell". RIP Col. Baker, is it hot down there? His body was taken back to Poolesville where it was laid out for a viewing for his troops in the front room of a local home. The home is still standing and used for a frame shop. If you visit Pollesville, it's across the street from the hardware store. I can't remember if his body was viewed in the White House or the Capitol. His body was held in the public vault at Congressional Cemetery until it was sent west. I believe he is buried at the Presidio, San Fransico.

BTW, I don't believe that Edward Fitzgerald ever had anything to do with Thomas Jones......just an interesting story.