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.
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