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{{Infobox military person
|name= Charles H. Baldwin
|birth_date= {{Birth date|1839|6|30}}
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1911|1|22|1839|6|30}}
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|birth_place= [[Smyrna, Delaware]], US
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|placeofburial_label= Place of burial
|allegiance= United States
|branch= United States Navy
|serviceyears= 1864 -1865
|rank= Coal Heaver
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|unit= {{USS|Wyalusing|1863|6}}
|battles= [[American Civil War]]
|awards= [[Medal of Honor]]
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'''Charles H. Baldwin''' (June 30, 1839 – January 22, 1911) was an enlisted man in the [[United States Navy]] during the [[American Civil War]].  He served aboard the {{USS|Wyalusing|1863|6}} and received the [[Medal of Honor]] for his participation in a plan to destroy the rebel ram {{Ship|CSS|Albemarle}} in [[Roanoke River]], May 25, 1864. Fellow crewmen [[Alexander Crawford (sailor)|Alexander Crawford]], [[John Lafferty]], [[Benjamin Lloyd]], and [[John W. Lloyd]] were also awarded the Medal of Honor for participating in the same plan. He is buried at Christ Episcopal Church in Accokeek, MD.
==Biography==
Charles H. Baldwin was born in Delaware. He is buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Accokeek, Maryland.<ref>[http://www.mohhsus.com/medal-of-honor/list-by-alphabet-2/list-by-alphabet-a-b-c-d-e Medal of Honor Historical Society of the United States]</ref>
==Medal of Honor citation==
Rank and organization: Coal Heaver, U.S. Navy. Born: June 30, 1839, Delaware. Accredited to: Pennsylvania. G.O. No.: 45, December 31, 1864.<ref>{{Cite web|access-date=2007-11-08|url=http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html|title=Medal of Honor recipients &mdash; Civil War|publisher=[[United States Army Center of Military History]] (CMH)|archive-date=2012-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902081051/http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
'''Citation:'''
<blockquote>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.<ref>[http://www.mohmuseum.org/medal/recipient/charles-baldwin "Charles Baldwin", National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref></blockquote>
==Namesake==
*The destroyer {{USS|Baldwin|DD-624|6}} is named in his honor.
==See also==
{{Portal|Biography|American Civil War}}
*[[List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F#B|List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: A–F]]
==References==
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==Sources==
*{{Cite web
|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b1/baldwin.htm
|title=Baldwin
|work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
|publisher=[[Naval History & Heritage Command]], Department of the Navy
|access-date=2006-05-02
|archive-date=2013-02-02
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202073448/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/b1/baldwin.htm
|url-status=dead
}}
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/heritage/service-medals-and-campaign-credits/medal-of-honor/civil-war-medal-of-honor-recipients.html
|title=Navy Medal of Honor: Civil War 1861-65
|publisher = [[Naval History & Heritage Command]], Department of the Navy}}
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