Frank Baldwin

: "For the Coronation Street character, see Frank "Frankie" Baldwin"Infobox Military Person
name= Frank Dwight Baldwin
born= birth date|1842|6|26
died= Death date and age|1923|4|22|1842|6|26
placeofbirth= Manchester, Michigan
placeofdeath= Denver, Colorado
placeofburial= Arlington National Cemetery


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allegiance= United States of America
branch= United States Army
serviceyears= 1862-1906
rank= Major General
commands=
unit= 5th U.S. Infantry
battles= Indian Wars American Civil War Spanish-American War
awards= Medal of Honor (2)
Hillsdale County, Michigan Veteran's Hall of Fame
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Frank Dwight Baldwin, (26 June 1842 – 22 April 1923) a native of Constantine, Michigan, and born in Manchester, Michigan, is one of only 19 servicemen to receive the Medal of Honor twice. Baldwin received this award for his actions during the Atlanta Campaign where he led his company to battle at Peachtree Creek and captured two commissioned officers in the American Civil War. He received his second Medal of Honor for conspicuous bravery in 1874 during the Indian Wars.

Biography

He served through the Civil War in the 19th Michigan Infantry, fighting in all his regiment's battles from 1862 to 1865. Upon the postbellum reorganization of the Regular Army, he was commissioned into the 19th United States Regular Infantry as a Second Lieutenant. He eventually was assigned to the 5th U.S. Infantry, with whom he fought in the various frontier conflicts with the Indians. His actions in an attack on an Indian village on the Red River in Montana on 18 December 1876, earned him a brevet of Captain, U.S. Regular Army (awarded on 27 February 1890).

He served with distinction under General Nelson A. Miles as chief of scouts during campaigns against Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Baldwin also served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. He was promoted to Brigadier General, U.S. Regular Army on 9 June 1902. In 1906, he was advanced to Major General, after which he retired from active duty.

Baldwin ended his career as adjutant general of the state of Colorado. He died in Denver, Colorado, and was buried with full military honors in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. His wife Alice Blackwood Baldwin honored the general's war contributions by compiling and editing the memoirs of her late husband in 1929. Along with General Baldwin, three other two time Medal of Honor recipients are interred in Arlington National Cemetery (Navy Lieutenant Commander John C. McCloy, Marine Major Louis Cukela, and Marine Corporal John Henry Pruitt).

Awards

First Medal of Honor

Rank and organization: Captain, Company D, 19th Michigan Infantry; First Lieutenant, 5th U.S. Infantry. Place and date: At Peachtree Creek, Georgia, 12 July 1864. Date of issue: 3 December 1891. Under a galling fire ahead of his own men, and singly entered the enemy's line, capturing and bringing back two commissioned officers, fully armed, besides a guidon of a Georgia regiment.

econd Medal of Honor

Place and date: At McClellan's Creek, Texas, 8 November 1874. Citation: Rescued, with 2 companies, 2 white girls by a voluntary attack upon Indians whose superior numbers and strong position would have warranted delay for reinforcements, but which delay would have permitted the Indians to escape and kill their captives.

Veteran's Hall of Fame

Inducted into the Hillsdale County, Michigan Veteran's Hall of Fame in 2004 for his distinguished service in the American Civil War. Hall of Fame inductee 016, Civil War inductee 004.

ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
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References

* [http://www.medalofhonor.com/FrankBaldwin.htm medalofhonor.com: Frank Dwight Baldwin]
* [http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1862_cwa/baldwin_frank.html homeofheroes.com: Baldwin, Frank D.]
* [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/fdbaldwi.htm Arlington National Cemetery: Frank Dwight Baldwin]
*findagrave|9038 Retrieved on 2007-12-19

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NAME= Baldwin, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION= United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
DATE OF BIRTH= 26 June 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH= Manchester, Michigan
DATE OF DEATH= 22 April 1923
PLACE OF DEATH= Denver, Colorado