Baptist, who had attended the R-MC Preparatory Department prior to the war, enlisted on May 27, 1863 at the age of 16 in Co. A of Farinholt's 1st VA Reserves. He was elected 2nd lieutenant in April, 1864. He was promoted to first lieutenant on July 18, 1864. He was transferred as a private in February 1865 to Co. A of the 18th VA Infantry when he turned 18. He was taken prisoner on April 6, 1865 at Sailor's Creek, VA and sent to the prison camp at Point Lookout, MD, where he remained until taking the oath of allegiance on June 24, 1865.
A native of Mecklenburg County, he entered college at R-MC after the war, remaining through 1868 when the school relocated to Ashland. He moved to Memphis, TN in 1869 and then to Tipton County, TN where he worked in the grocery business until 1875, when he started work in the county court. He became a lawyer in 1882. He died on July 4, 1915 and is buried in R. H. Munford Cemetery in Covington, TN.
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