BAIRD, ABSALOM
Rank and organization: Brigadier General, U.S. Volunteers.
Place and date: At Jonesboro, Ga., 1 September 1864.
Entered service at: Washington, Pa. Birth: Washington, Pa.
Date of issue: 22 April 1896.
Citation: Voluntarily led a detached brigade in an assault upon the enemy's works.
BAKER, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Quarter Gunner, U.S. Navy.
Born: 1809, Georgetown, D.C.,
Entered service at: New York, N.Y.
G.O. No.: 71, 15 January 1866.
Citation: Served on board the U.S.S. Metacomet.
As a member of the boat's crew which went to the rescue of the U.S. monitor Tecumseh when that vessel was struck by a torpedo in passing the enemy forts in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864, Q.G. Baker braved the enemy fire which was said by the admiral to be "one of the most galling" he had ever seen, and aided in rescuing from death 10 of the crew of the Tecumseh, eliciting the admiration of both friend and foe.
BALDWIN, CHARLES
Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy.
Born: 30 June 1839, Delaware.
Accredited to: Pennsylvania.
G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864.
Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Wyalusing and participating in a plan to destroy the rebel ram Albermarle in Roanoke River, 25 May 1864.
Volunteering for the hazardous mission, C.H. Baldwin participated in the transfer of 2 torpedoes across an island swamp. Weighted by a line which was used to transfer the torpedoes, he swam the river and, when challenged by a sentry, was forced to abandon the plan after erasing its detection and before it could be carried to completion. Escaping the fire of the muskets, C.H. Baldwin spent 2 days and nights of hazardous travel without food, and finally arrived, fatigued, at the mother ship.
If there be any glory in war, let it rest on the shoulders of men like these" -- Audie Murphy
Thank you to all the military heroes, past and present, who have given me my freedoms. You are my heroes and I pray for God's blessings on you today.
You will not be forgotten.
