Civil War: Company B, 87th Ohio Infantry,
and Company A, 9th Kansas Cavalry
Ira Rollin Baldwin was the son of Abed Baldwin and Philena (Lewis) Baldwin. Ira enlisted as a private May 28, 1862, and was mustered into Company F, 88th Ohio infantry. He was transferred to Company B, 87th Ohio Infantry, on June 23, 1862, and soon afterward was captured at Harper's Ferry. He was paroled on October 1, 1862, and soon thereafter relocated to Kansas, where he re-enlisted in 1863 as a private and was mustered into Company A, 9th Kansas Cavalry. Private Baldwin joined in the pursuit of Confederate raider Colonel William Quantrill after the burning of Lawrence, Kansas. He may have been transferred to the 13th Kansas Cavalry before he was mustered out on June 26, 1865. After the war he went first to Mexico and then to Vancouver, Canada, before heading for Tombstone, Arizona. Ira Baldwin was a charter member of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in 1881. In 1889 Ira was employed as a hospital steward at the Tombstone Hospital. He was buried in the G.A.R. plot by his Burnside Post comrades. He was survived by his brothers, Columbus Jackson Baldwin and Griffin Lewis Baldwin; Griffin was also a Civil War veteran. Ira Rollin Baldwin rested in an unmarked grave until the Sons of Union Veterans obtained a veteran's headstone that was installed a few weeks before Memorial Day 2011.
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The following extract is from an article on "Arizona's Development" in the San Diego, Cal., Golden Era for May 1889:
"In concluding it is only fair to mention that in his efforts to make the hospital a model one, Dr. Willis is ably seconded by Ira R. Baldwin, an old Union soldier, who holds the position of steward. The latter is the hero of many battles, many hair-breadth escapes, wounds, imprisonments and deprivations in our country's defense, and besides being personally qualified for his present position, it is eminently fitting that such posts of duty and responsibility be given to such men."
A telegram from Tombstone, Arizona, announces that Ira R. Baldwin died there Sunday, Feb. 2. Mr. Baldwin was born December 2, 1842, at Huntsville, this county. He was a son of the late Maj. Abed Baldwin and a brother of C. J. Baldwin, of Norwalk, Ohio, and of G. L. Baldwin, of Shickshinny, the latter of whom is the only living relative of the name, of a once numerous family, now living in Pennsylvania. The breaking out of the war found Ira in Ohio, where he joined an infantry regiment and hastened to the front. While his brother Lewis, with the Pennsylvania Reserves was driving the Rebels from the rest of South Mountain and from the plains of Antietam, Ira was a paroled prisoner in the rear of Lee's army, having remained with his regiment ten days after the expiration of his enlistment to help drive back the Rebel horde from the borders of his natïve State, only to be ignobly surrendered almost without a struggle, at Harper's Ferry, by Gen. Miles, whose name he ever after held in execration, and always insisted it was his own indignant soldiers who shot Miles – for it is true he was killed a few minutes after he capitulated. The enemy held more prisoners than we, hence the government would not exchange paroled prisoners whose enlistments had expired, so Ira hastened to Kansas, joined the militia and helped to drive Quantrell into Indian Territory after he had sacked Lawrence. After the muster out he went to Old Mexico, and later to Vancouver's Island, and finally settled in Tombstone, where Sunday ended a life fittingly portrayed in the extract from the magazine above quoted. Burnside Post, Department of Arizona, in which he was O.D. ["Officer-of-the-Day"], bore his remains to their last rendezvous with all the honors due a dead patriot. Rest in peace, patriot, friend and brother.
(Newspaper and date do not appear on the clipped obituary)
and Company A, 9th Kansas Cavalry
Ira Rollin Baldwin was the son of Abed Baldwin and Philena (Lewis) Baldwin. Ira enlisted as a private May 28, 1862, and was mustered into Company F, 88th Ohio infantry. He was transferred to Company B, 87th Ohio Infantry, on June 23, 1862, and soon afterward was captured at Harper's Ferry. He was paroled on October 1, 1862, and soon thereafter relocated to Kansas, where he re-enlisted in 1863 as a private and was mustered into Company A, 9th Kansas Cavalry. Private Baldwin joined in the pursuit of Confederate raider Colonel William Quantrill after the burning of Lawrence, Kansas. He may have been transferred to the 13th Kansas Cavalry before he was mustered out on June 26, 1865. After the war he went first to Mexico and then to Vancouver, Canada, before heading for Tombstone, Arizona. Ira Baldwin was a charter member of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in 1881. In 1889 Ira was employed as a hospital steward at the Tombstone Hospital. He was buried in the G.A.R. plot by his Burnside Post comrades. He was survived by his brothers, Columbus Jackson Baldwin and Griffin Lewis Baldwin; Griffin was also a Civil War veteran. Ira Rollin Baldwin rested in an unmarked grave until the Sons of Union Veterans obtained a veteran's headstone that was installed a few weeks before Memorial Day 2011.
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The following extract is from an article on "Arizona's Development" in the San Diego, Cal., Golden Era for May 1889:
"In concluding it is only fair to mention that in his efforts to make the hospital a model one, Dr. Willis is ably seconded by Ira R. Baldwin, an old Union soldier, who holds the position of steward. The latter is the hero of many battles, many hair-breadth escapes, wounds, imprisonments and deprivations in our country's defense, and besides being personally qualified for his present position, it is eminently fitting that such posts of duty and responsibility be given to such men."
A telegram from Tombstone, Arizona, announces that Ira R. Baldwin died there Sunday, Feb. 2. Mr. Baldwin was born December 2, 1842, at Huntsville, this county. He was a son of the late Maj. Abed Baldwin and a brother of C. J. Baldwin, of Norwalk, Ohio, and of G. L. Baldwin, of Shickshinny, the latter of whom is the only living relative of the name, of a once numerous family, now living in Pennsylvania. The breaking out of the war found Ira in Ohio, where he joined an infantry regiment and hastened to the front. While his brother Lewis, with the Pennsylvania Reserves was driving the Rebels from the rest of South Mountain and from the plains of Antietam, Ira was a paroled prisoner in the rear of Lee's army, having remained with his regiment ten days after the expiration of his enlistment to help drive back the Rebel horde from the borders of his natïve State, only to be ignobly surrendered almost without a struggle, at Harper's Ferry, by Gen. Miles, whose name he ever after held in execration, and always insisted it was his own indignant soldiers who shot Miles – for it is true he was killed a few minutes after he capitulated. The enemy held more prisoners than we, hence the government would not exchange paroled prisoners whose enlistments had expired, so Ira hastened to Kansas, joined the militia and helped to drive Quantrell into Indian Territory after he had sacked Lawrence. After the muster out he went to Old Mexico, and later to Vancouver's Island, and finally settled in Tombstone, where Sunday ended a life fittingly portrayed in the extract from the magazine above quoted. Burnside Post, Department of Arizona, in which he was O.D. ["Officer-of-the-Day"], bore his remains to their last rendezvous with all the honors due a dead patriot. Rest in peace, patriot, friend and brother.
(Newspaper and date do not appear on the clipped obituary)
Civil War: Company B, 87th Ohio Infantry,
and Company A, 9th Kansas Cavalry
Ira Rollin Baldwin was the son of Abed Baldwin and Philena (Lewis) Baldwin. Ira enlisted as a private May 28, 1862, and was mustered into Company F, 88th Ohio infantry. He was transferred to Company B, 87th Ohio Infantry, on June 23, 1862, and soon afterward was captured at Harper's Ferry. He was paroled on October 1, 1862, and soon thereafter relocated to Kansas, where he re-enlisted in 1863 as a private and was mustered into Company A, 9th Kansas Cavalry. Private Baldwin joined in the pursuit of Confederate raider Colonel William Quantrill after the burning of Lawrence, Kansas. He may have been transferred to the 13th Kansas Cavalry before he was mustered out on June 26, 1865. After the war he went first to Mexico and then to Vancouver, Canada, before heading for Tombstone, Arizona. Ira Baldwin was a charter member of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in 1881. In 1889 Ira was employed as a hospital steward at the Tombstone Hospital. He was buried in the G.A.R. plot by his Burnside Post comrades. He was survived by his brothers, Columbus Jackson Baldwin and Griffin Lewis Baldwin; Griffin was also a Civil War veteran. Ira Rollin Baldwin rested in an unmarked grave until the Sons of Union Veterans obtained a veteran's headstone that was installed a few weeks before Memorial Day 2011.
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The following extract is from an article on "Arizona's Development" in the San Diego, Cal., Golden Era for May 1889:
"In concluding it is only fair to mention that in his efforts to make the hospital a model one, Dr. Willis is ably seconded by Ira R. Baldwin, an old Union soldier, who holds the position of steward. The latter is the hero of many battles, many hair-breadth escapes, wounds, imprisonments and deprivations in our country's defense, and besides being personally qualified for his present position, it is eminently fitting that such posts of duty and responsibility be given to such men."
A telegram from Tombstone, Arizona, announces that Ira R. Baldwin died there Sunday, Feb. 2. Mr. Baldwin was born December 2, 1842, at Huntsville, this county. He was a son of the late Maj. Abed Baldwin and a brother of C. J. Baldwin, of Norwalk, Ohio, and of G. L. Baldwin, of Shickshinny, the latter of whom is the only living relative of the name, of a once numerous family, now living in Pennsylvania. The breaking out of the war found Ira in Ohio, where he joined an infantry regiment and hastened to the front. While his brother Lewis, with the Pennsylvania Reserves was driving the Rebels from the rest of South Mountain and from the plains of Antietam, Ira was a paroled prisoner in the rear of Lee's army, having remained with his regiment ten days after the expiration of his enlistment to help drive back the Rebel horde from the borders of his natïve State, only to be ignobly surrendered almost without a struggle, at Harper's Ferry, by Gen. Miles, whose name he ever after held in execration, and always insisted it was his own indignant soldiers who shot Miles – for it is true he was killed a few minutes after he capitulated. The enemy held more prisoners than we, hence the government would not exchange paroled prisoners whose enlistments had expired, so Ira hastened to Kansas, joined the militia and helped to drive Quantrell into Indian Territory after he had sacked Lawrence. After the muster out he went to Old Mexico, and later to Vancouver's Island, and finally settled in Tombstone, where Sunday ended a life fittingly portrayed in the extract from the magazine above quoted. Burnside Post, Department of Arizona, in which he was O.D. ["Officer-of-the-Day"], bore his remains to their last rendezvous with all the honors due a dead patriot. Rest in peace, patriot, friend and brother.
(Newspaper and date do not appear on the clipped obituary)
and Company A, 9th Kansas Cavalry
Ira Rollin Baldwin was the son of Abed Baldwin and Philena (Lewis) Baldwin. Ira enlisted as a private May 28, 1862, and was mustered into Company F, 88th Ohio infantry. He was transferred to Company B, 87th Ohio Infantry, on June 23, 1862, and soon afterward was captured at Harper's Ferry. He was paroled on October 1, 1862, and soon thereafter relocated to Kansas, where he re-enlisted in 1863 as a private and was mustered into Company A, 9th Kansas Cavalry. Private Baldwin joined in the pursuit of Confederate raider Colonel William Quantrill after the burning of Lawrence, Kansas. He may have been transferred to the 13th Kansas Cavalry before he was mustered out on June 26, 1865. After the war he went first to Mexico and then to Vancouver, Canada, before heading for Tombstone, Arizona. Ira Baldwin was a charter member of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in 1881. In 1889 Ira was employed as a hospital steward at the Tombstone Hospital. He was buried in the G.A.R. plot by his Burnside Post comrades. He was survived by his brothers, Columbus Jackson Baldwin and Griffin Lewis Baldwin; Griffin was also a Civil War veteran. Ira Rollin Baldwin rested in an unmarked grave until the Sons of Union Veterans obtained a veteran's headstone that was installed a few weeks before Memorial Day 2011.
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The following extract is from an article on "Arizona's Development" in the San Diego, Cal., Golden Era for May 1889:
"In concluding it is only fair to mention that in his efforts to make the hospital a model one, Dr. Willis is ably seconded by Ira R. Baldwin, an old Union soldier, who holds the position of steward. The latter is the hero of many battles, many hair-breadth escapes, wounds, imprisonments and deprivations in our country's defense, and besides being personally qualified for his present position, it is eminently fitting that such posts of duty and responsibility be given to such men."
A telegram from Tombstone, Arizona, announces that Ira R. Baldwin died there Sunday, Feb. 2. Mr. Baldwin was born December 2, 1842, at Huntsville, this county. He was a son of the late Maj. Abed Baldwin and a brother of C. J. Baldwin, of Norwalk, Ohio, and of G. L. Baldwin, of Shickshinny, the latter of whom is the only living relative of the name, of a once numerous family, now living in Pennsylvania. The breaking out of the war found Ira in Ohio, where he joined an infantry regiment and hastened to the front. While his brother Lewis, with the Pennsylvania Reserves was driving the Rebels from the rest of South Mountain and from the plains of Antietam, Ira was a paroled prisoner in the rear of Lee's army, having remained with his regiment ten days after the expiration of his enlistment to help drive back the Rebel horde from the borders of his natïve State, only to be ignobly surrendered almost without a struggle, at Harper's Ferry, by Gen. Miles, whose name he ever after held in execration, and always insisted it was his own indignant soldiers who shot Miles – for it is true he was killed a few minutes after he capitulated. The enemy held more prisoners than we, hence the government would not exchange paroled prisoners whose enlistments had expired, so Ira hastened to Kansas, joined the militia and helped to drive Quantrell into Indian Territory after he had sacked Lawrence. After the muster out he went to Old Mexico, and later to Vancouver's Island, and finally settled in Tombstone, where Sunday ended a life fittingly portrayed in the extract from the magazine above quoted. Burnside Post, Department of Arizona, in which he was O.D. ["Officer-of-the-Day"], bore his remains to their last rendezvous with all the honors due a dead patriot. Rest in peace, patriot, friend and brother.
(Newspaper and date do not appear on the clipped obituary)
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