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TAPS
Fading light dims the sight,
And a star gems the sky,
Gleaming bright.
From afar drawing nigh,
Falls the night.
Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, From the hills,
From the sky.
All is well, safely rest,
God is nigh.
Then good night, Peaceful night,
Till the light of the dawn
Shineth bright,
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, good night. |
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BORN:
June 26, 1842 at Manchester, MI
Entered Service in the US
Army from Constantine, MI
Earned
The Medal of Honor During the Civil War For heroism on July 12,
1864 at Peach Tree Creek, GA
Earned
a SECOND AWARD of the Medal of Honor During the Indian Campaigns
For heroism on November 08, 1874 at McClellans Creek, TX
DIED:
April 22, 1923 at the age of 80
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First Award
Leading his company of the Nineteenth Michigan Infantry in a
counter charge at Peach Tree Creek Georgia, Captain Frank Baldwin
entered the Confederate lines ahead of his own men where,
single-handed, he took two commissioned officers prisoner. After
disarming his prisoners, he returned with them to his own lines,
bring back with him the captured guidon of the Georgia regiment as
well.
Second Award
In the winter of 1874 First Lieutenant Frank Baldwin was
commanding a force of friendly Delaware Indians, 25 frontiersmen,
Troop D of the Sixth US Cavalry and Company D of the Fifth US
Infantry. Earlier that year a band of Cheyenne Indians had
attacked the home of the Germaine family, killing husband, wife
and son and capturing the 5 Germaine daughters. Then they killed
the eldest daughter in the presence of her sisters. In a march
near McClellans Creek, Texas Lieutenant Baldwin's command located
the camp of this hostile force, which greatly outnumbered his own
small detachment. Knowing if he delayed his attack long enough for
reinforcements to arrive, a delay during which the Indians might
escape and during which they would surely kill the captured young
girls who had already endured unspeakable horrors, he ordered an
immediate attack. Ordering Company D to fire a volley into the
camp to surprise the Indians and cause them to pull back into the
mountains, he then led his cavalry in a pursuit of 12 miles. His
quick action and skillful leadership resulted in a complete
victory and the rescue of the two youngest Germaine girls. The
other two Germaine girls were later freed and reunited with their
sisters.
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