Melvin R. Baldwin

Melvin R. Baldwin was a Captain of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company E.
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== Antebellum ==
* April 12, 1838 - Born in Windsor County, Vermont
* 1847 - Moved to Wisconsin
* 1855 - Entered Lawrence University at Appleton, Wisconsin
** Studied law through Sophomore year
* Adopted Civil Engineering as a profession
* Engaged on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad until enlistment
* Enlisted from Oshkosh, Winnebago County, Wisconsin
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== War Career ==
* April 21, 1861 - Enlisted in the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company E
* June 11, 1861 - Mustered into federal service with unit
* ? - 2nd CorporalAccording to NPS
* ? - Sergeant
* July 21, 1861 - Slightly wounded in action at the Battle of Bull Run, Virginia
* October 13, 1861 - Appointed to regimental Sergeant Major 
* April 21, 1862 - Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry / Company E 
* August 28, 1862 - Wounded in action at the Engagement at Gainesville, Virginia
* November 21, 1862-April 5, 1863 - Detached service as Chief of Division Ambulance Corps 
** January 2, 1863 - Promoted to 1st Lieutenant 
** March 3, 1863 - Promoted to Captain 
* July 1, 1863 - Taken prisoner at the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
** ? - Confined at Libby Prison 
** ? - Confined at Macon, Georgia
** ? - Confined at Charleston, South Carolina
** ? - Confined at Columbia, South Carolina
** Made 2 escapes, recaptured both times
** Signed Petition complaining of conditions at Camp Sorghum, Columbia, South Carolina
** December 9, 1864 - Paroled at Camp Asylum, Columbia, South Carolina
** Exchanged after 17 months' imprisonment
* December 16, 1864 - Mustered out of federal service 
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== Postwar Career ==
* Engaged in operative railroad work in Kansas after the war
* 1875 - Moved to Minnesota
* 1885 - Moved to Duluth, Minnesota
* 1886 - President of Duluth Chamber of Commerce
* Democrat
** Twice declined Congressional nomination
** August 1892 - Nominated by acclamation
** Elected to the 53rd Congress
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Melvin R. Baldwin
Second Wisconsin Volunteers
Baldwin, Melvin R., of Duluth, Minn., was born in Windsor county, April 12, 1838; removed to Wisconsin 1847; entered Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., 1855, remaining through the sophomore year; studied law, and then adopted civil engineering as a profession; was engaged on Chicago & Northwestern R. R. till April 19, 1861; enlisted as a private in Company E., 2d Wis. Infantry, brigaded with the Iron Brigade; was slightly wounded at the first, and severely wounded at the second battle of Bull Run; promoted to captain of his company; was captured at Gettysburg and confined in Libby, Macon, Georgia, Charleston, and Columbia, South Carolina; made two escapes, but was recaptured, and was finally exchanged after seventeen months' imprisonment. 
Engaged in operative railroad work in Kansas after the war; was general superintendent four years; removed to Minnesota in 1875, and has resided in Duluth since 1885; president of Duluth Chamber of Commerce since 1886; always a Democrat; twice declined Congressional nomination; nominated by acclamation in August, 1892, and was elected to the 53d Congress.
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== Family ==
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== Notes ==
== Sources ==
* National Archive Microfilm - Group M559, Roll 2
* National Park Service - Baldwin, Melvin R.
* (Pages 346, 359)
* Jacob G. Ullery, compiler, Men of Vermont: An Illustrated Biographical 
History of Vermonters and Sons of Vermont, (Transcript Publishing Company, 
Brattleboro, VT, 1894), Part III, pp. 10.
* Vermont Civil War Database
* Independent Research by:
** Beverly Gillihan
** Tom Ledoux
** Jack Lundquist
** The Northeast Washington Genealogical Society
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