Laurence Simmons Baker (May 15, 1830 – April 10, 1907) was an officer in the United States Army on the frontier, then later a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
His first name was spelled Lawrence in the records of the Confederate War Department and the mistaken spelling has persisted.
Author: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Civil War photograph collection. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c05373. License: PD US