Father: Dr. Cornelius E. Baldwin (1791-1828)
Mother: Eleanor Conway "Nelly" Hite (1789-1830)
08/04/1846 (or 08/06/1846) - Married, Letitia Jane Speck (or Speek), Staunton, Augusta Co., VA (she died in 1907)
1846-1847 - Attended, University of Virginia, Medical Department, Charlottesville, VA
1847 - M.D. degree, University of Virginia, Medical Department, Charlottesville, VA (from: Warren, Albemarle Co., VA)
1850 - Practiced medicine, Franklin Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 3 children)
1853 - Lived, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA
07/05/1860 - Practiced medicine, Carroll Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 4 children)
03/13/1862 - ?Enlisted, Confederate States Army
04/30/1862 - "Assistant Surgeon R. S. Baldwin will report for duty to the surgeon in charge of the hospital at Danville, Va." [S.O. 99/19]
05/16/1862 - Gen. Hospital, Danville, VA
05/17/1862 - Gen. Hospital, Lynchburg, VA
07/19/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 04/19/1862
09/26/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from VA by the Confederate States Senate
10/16/1862 - Gen. Hospital #1, Lynchburg, VA
10/16/1862 - Served, Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination, Lynchburg, VA
03/31/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
05/10/1863 - Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA (temporary position)
07/01/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
08/01/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
08/07/1863 - Acting Surgeon-in-charge, Pratt Hospital, Lynchburg, VA
08/14/1863 - Acting Surgeon-in-charge, Pratt Hospital, Lynchburg, VA
09/16/1863 - "Leave of absence for the time annexed to their respective names is granted the following-named officers: ...Surgeon R. S. Baldwin ten days...." [S.O. 220/7]
09/30/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
10/19/1863 - While serving at Pratt Hospital, Lynchburg, VA, granted 10 days leave of absence
11/10/1863 - "Surgeon R. S. Baldwin is relieved from his present duty, and will report to the colonel Fourteenth Georgia Volunteers." [S.O. 267/4]
12/01/1863 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry
12/07/1863 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry, Gen. A. M. Scales' Brigade, camp near Orange C.H., VA
12/07/1863 - Tendered resignation as Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States "partly from the frequent solicitations from the community in which I reside who are almost entirely destitute of medical aid, but more particularly from private considerations of the most cogent necessity"
12/19/1863 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry
12/19/1863 - "The resignations of the following-named officers have been accepted by the President, to take effect to-day: ...Surgeon R. S. Baldwin, Sixteenth North Carolina Volunteers." [S.O. 301/1]
01/08/1864 - Nominated as Surgeon to rank from 05/21/1863 [after his resignation had been accepted]
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from VA by the Confederate States Senate [after his resignation had been accepted]
03/00/1865 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry, Gen. A. M. Scales' Brigade, Gen. C. M. Wilcox's Division, Gen. A. P. Hill's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia [It is likely that the person responsible for claiming Dr. Baldwin was present in March, 1865, was unaware that Dr. Baldwin' resignation
had been accepted.]
06/00/1870 - Practiced medicine, Sulphur Springs, Carroll Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 4 children)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Hillsville, Carroll Co., VA
06/00/1880 - Practiced medicine, Callands, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 4 children)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Elba, Pittsylvania Co., VA
08/08/1889 - Entered the R. E. Lee Camp Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home, Richmond, VA
07/14/1898 (or 07/15/1898 or 07/22/1898) - Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas L. Watts, Elba, Pittsylvania Co., VA (buried: "unmarked grave, Watts property, Gretna, Pittsylvania Co., VA - formerly Elba" per: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9882524/person/-728872115?ssrc=
[A ledger from the R. E. Lee Camp Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home claims that Dr. Baldwin was buried in Franklin Co., VA]
1907 - Letitia J., widow of Dr. R. S. Baldwin, lived at 100 W. Clay, Richmond, VA
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/21/2015. Unpublished database.∼Dr Robert Stuart Baldwin is listed here with a photo of his grave marker. Dr Baldwin is also listed in Memorial No. 142084573 in the Watt Family Cemetery, Gretna, Pittsylvania Co. VA.
Mother: Eleanor Conway "Nelly" Hite (1789-1830)
08/04/1846 (or 08/06/1846) - Married, Letitia Jane Speck (or Speek), Staunton, Augusta Co., VA (she died in 1907)
1846-1847 - Attended, University of Virginia, Medical Department, Charlottesville, VA
1847 - M.D. degree, University of Virginia, Medical Department, Charlottesville, VA (from: Warren, Albemarle Co., VA)
1850 - Practiced medicine, Franklin Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 3 children)
1853 - Lived, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA
07/05/1860 - Practiced medicine, Carroll Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 4 children)
03/13/1862 - ?Enlisted, Confederate States Army
04/30/1862 - "Assistant Surgeon R. S. Baldwin will report for duty to the surgeon in charge of the hospital at Danville, Va." [S.O. 99/19]
05/16/1862 - Gen. Hospital, Danville, VA
05/17/1862 - Gen. Hospital, Lynchburg, VA
07/19/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 04/19/1862
09/26/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from VA by the Confederate States Senate
10/16/1862 - Gen. Hospital #1, Lynchburg, VA
10/16/1862 - Served, Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination, Lynchburg, VA
03/31/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
05/10/1863 - Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA (temporary position)
07/01/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
08/01/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
08/07/1863 - Acting Surgeon-in-charge, Pratt Hospital, Lynchburg, VA
08/14/1863 - Acting Surgeon-in-charge, Pratt Hospital, Lynchburg, VA
09/16/1863 - "Leave of absence for the time annexed to their respective names is granted the following-named officers: ...Surgeon R. S. Baldwin ten days...." [S.O. 220/7]
09/30/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
10/19/1863 - While serving at Pratt Hospital, Lynchburg, VA, granted 10 days leave of absence
11/10/1863 - "Surgeon R. S. Baldwin is relieved from his present duty, and will report to the colonel Fourteenth Georgia Volunteers." [S.O. 267/4]
12/01/1863 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry
12/07/1863 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry, Gen. A. M. Scales' Brigade, camp near Orange C.H., VA
12/07/1863 - Tendered resignation as Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States "partly from the frequent solicitations from the community in which I reside who are almost entirely destitute of medical aid, but more particularly from private considerations of the most cogent necessity"
12/19/1863 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry
12/19/1863 - "The resignations of the following-named officers have been accepted by the President, to take effect to-day: ...Surgeon R. S. Baldwin, Sixteenth North Carolina Volunteers." [S.O. 301/1]
01/08/1864 - Nominated as Surgeon to rank from 05/21/1863 [after his resignation had been accepted]
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from VA by the Confederate States Senate [after his resignation had been accepted]
03/00/1865 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry, Gen. A. M. Scales' Brigade, Gen. C. M. Wilcox's Division, Gen. A. P. Hill's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia [It is likely that the person responsible for claiming Dr. Baldwin was present in March, 1865, was unaware that Dr. Baldwin' resignation
had been accepted.]
06/00/1870 - Practiced medicine, Sulphur Springs, Carroll Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 4 children)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Hillsville, Carroll Co., VA
06/00/1880 - Practiced medicine, Callands, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 4 children)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Elba, Pittsylvania Co., VA
08/08/1889 - Entered the R. E. Lee Camp Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home, Richmond, VA
07/14/1898 (or 07/15/1898 or 07/22/1898) - Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas L. Watts, Elba, Pittsylvania Co., VA (buried: "unmarked grave, Watts property, Gretna, Pittsylvania Co., VA - formerly Elba" per: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9882524/person/-728872115?ssrc=
[A ledger from the R. E. Lee Camp Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home claims that Dr. Baldwin was buried in Franklin Co., VA]
1907 - Letitia J., widow of Dr. R. S. Baldwin, lived at 100 W. Clay, Richmond, VA
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/21/2015. Unpublished database.∼Dr Robert Stuart Baldwin is listed here with a photo of his grave marker. Dr Baldwin is also listed in Memorial No. 142084573 in the Watt Family Cemetery, Gretna, Pittsylvania Co. VA.
Father: Dr. Cornelius E. Baldwin (1791-1828)
Mother: Eleanor Conway "Nelly" Hite (1789-1830)
08/04/1846 (or 08/06/1846) - Married, Letitia Jane Speck (or Speek), Staunton, Augusta Co., VA (she died in 1907)
1846-1847 - Attended, University of Virginia, Medical Department, Charlottesville, VA
1847 - M.D. degree, University of Virginia, Medical Department, Charlottesville, VA (from: Warren, Albemarle Co., VA)
1850 - Practiced medicine, Franklin Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 3 children)
1853 - Lived, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA
07/05/1860 - Practiced medicine, Carroll Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 4 children)
03/13/1862 - ?Enlisted, Confederate States Army
04/30/1862 - "Assistant Surgeon R. S. Baldwin will report for duty to the surgeon in charge of the hospital at Danville, Va." [S.O. 99/19]
05/16/1862 - Gen. Hospital, Danville, VA
05/17/1862 - Gen. Hospital, Lynchburg, VA
07/19/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 04/19/1862
09/26/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from VA by the Confederate States Senate
10/16/1862 - Gen. Hospital #1, Lynchburg, VA
10/16/1862 - Served, Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination, Lynchburg, VA
03/31/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
05/10/1863 - Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA (temporary position)
07/01/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
08/01/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
08/07/1863 - Acting Surgeon-in-charge, Pratt Hospital, Lynchburg, VA
08/14/1863 - Acting Surgeon-in-charge, Pratt Hospital, Lynchburg, VA
09/16/1863 - "Leave of absence for the time annexed to their respective names is granted the following-named officers: ...Surgeon R. S. Baldwin ten days...." [S.O. 220/7]
09/30/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
10/19/1863 - While serving at Pratt Hospital, Lynchburg, VA, granted 10 days leave of absence
11/10/1863 - "Surgeon R. S. Baldwin is relieved from his present duty, and will report to the colonel Fourteenth Georgia Volunteers." [S.O. 267/4]
12/01/1863 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry
12/07/1863 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry, Gen. A. M. Scales' Brigade, camp near Orange C.H., VA
12/07/1863 - Tendered resignation as Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States "partly from the frequent solicitations from the community in which I reside who are almost entirely destitute of medical aid, but more particularly from private considerations of the most cogent necessity"
12/19/1863 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry
12/19/1863 - "The resignations of the following-named officers have been accepted by the President, to take effect to-day: ...Surgeon R. S. Baldwin, Sixteenth North Carolina Volunteers." [S.O. 301/1]
01/08/1864 - Nominated as Surgeon to rank from 05/21/1863 [after his resignation had been accepted]
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from VA by the Confederate States Senate [after his resignation had been accepted]
03/00/1865 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry, Gen. A. M. Scales' Brigade, Gen. C. M. Wilcox's Division, Gen. A. P. Hill's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia [It is likely that the person responsible for claiming Dr. Baldwin was present in March, 1865, was unaware that Dr. Baldwin' resignation
had been accepted.]
06/00/1870 - Practiced medicine, Sulphur Springs, Carroll Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 4 children)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Hillsville, Carroll Co., VA
06/00/1880 - Practiced medicine, Callands, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 4 children)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Elba, Pittsylvania Co., VA
08/08/1889 - Entered the R. E. Lee Camp Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home, Richmond, VA
07/14/1898 (or 07/15/1898 or 07/22/1898) - Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas L. Watts, Elba, Pittsylvania Co., VA (buried: "unmarked grave, Watts property, Gretna, Pittsylvania Co., VA - formerly Elba" per: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9882524/person/-728872115?ssrc=
[A ledger from the R. E. Lee Camp Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home claims that Dr. Baldwin was buried in Franklin Co., VA]
1907 - Letitia J., widow of Dr. R. S. Baldwin, lived at 100 W. Clay, Richmond, VA
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/21/2015. Unpublished database.∼Dr Robert Stuart Baldwin is listed here with a photo of his grave marker. Dr Baldwin is also listed in Memorial No. 142084573 in the Watt Family Cemetery, Gretna, Pittsylvania Co. VA.
Mother: Eleanor Conway "Nelly" Hite (1789-1830)
08/04/1846 (or 08/06/1846) - Married, Letitia Jane Speck (or Speek), Staunton, Augusta Co., VA (she died in 1907)
1846-1847 - Attended, University of Virginia, Medical Department, Charlottesville, VA
1847 - M.D. degree, University of Virginia, Medical Department, Charlottesville, VA (from: Warren, Albemarle Co., VA)
1850 - Practiced medicine, Franklin Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 3 children)
1853 - Lived, Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., VA
07/05/1860 - Practiced medicine, Carroll Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 4 children)
03/13/1862 - ?Enlisted, Confederate States Army
04/30/1862 - "Assistant Surgeon R. S. Baldwin will report for duty to the surgeon in charge of the hospital at Danville, Va." [S.O. 99/19]
05/16/1862 - Gen. Hospital, Danville, VA
05/17/1862 - Gen. Hospital, Lynchburg, VA
07/19/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 04/19/1862
09/26/1862 - Confirmed as Asst. Surgeon from VA by the Confederate States Senate
10/16/1862 - Gen. Hospital #1, Lynchburg, VA
10/16/1862 - Served, Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination, Lynchburg, VA
03/31/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
05/10/1863 - Howard's Grove Hospital, Richmond, VA (temporary position)
07/01/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
08/01/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
08/07/1863 - Acting Surgeon-in-charge, Pratt Hospital, Lynchburg, VA
08/14/1863 - Acting Surgeon-in-charge, Pratt Hospital, Lynchburg, VA
09/16/1863 - "Leave of absence for the time annexed to their respective names is granted the following-named officers: ...Surgeon R. S. Baldwin ten days...." [S.O. 220/7]
09/30/1863 - Signs receipt for commutation of quarters, Lynchburg, VA, as Surgeon
10/19/1863 - While serving at Pratt Hospital, Lynchburg, VA, granted 10 days leave of absence
11/10/1863 - "Surgeon R. S. Baldwin is relieved from his present duty, and will report to the colonel Fourteenth Georgia Volunteers." [S.O. 267/4]
12/01/1863 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry
12/07/1863 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry, Gen. A. M. Scales' Brigade, camp near Orange C.H., VA
12/07/1863 - Tendered resignation as Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States "partly from the frequent solicitations from the community in which I reside who are almost entirely destitute of medical aid, but more particularly from private considerations of the most cogent necessity"
12/19/1863 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry
12/19/1863 - "The resignations of the following-named officers have been accepted by the President, to take effect to-day: ...Surgeon R. S. Baldwin, Sixteenth North Carolina Volunteers." [S.O. 301/1]
01/08/1864 - Nominated as Surgeon to rank from 05/21/1863 [after his resignation had been accepted]
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from VA by the Confederate States Senate [after his resignation had been accepted]
03/00/1865 - Surgeon, 16th NC Infantry, Gen. A. M. Scales' Brigade, Gen. C. M. Wilcox's Division, Gen. A. P. Hill's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia [It is likely that the person responsible for claiming Dr. Baldwin was present in March, 1865, was unaware that Dr. Baldwin' resignation
had been accepted.]
06/00/1870 - Practiced medicine, Sulphur Springs, Carroll Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 4 children)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Hillsville, Carroll Co., VA
06/00/1880 - Practiced medicine, Callands, Pittsylvania Co., VA (living with wife, Letitia, and 4 children)
1886 - Practiced medicine, Elba, Pittsylvania Co., VA
08/08/1889 - Entered the R. E. Lee Camp Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home, Richmond, VA
07/14/1898 (or 07/15/1898 or 07/22/1898) - Died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas L. Watts, Elba, Pittsylvania Co., VA (buried: "unmarked grave, Watts property, Gretna, Pittsylvania Co., VA - formerly Elba" per: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/9882524/person/-728872115?ssrc=
[A ledger from the R. E. Lee Camp Confederate Veterans Soldiers' Home claims that Dr. Baldwin was buried in Franklin Co., VA]
1907 - Letitia J., widow of Dr. R. S. Baldwin, lived at 100 W. Clay, Richmond, VA
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
02/21/2015. Unpublished database.∼Dr Robert Stuart Baldwin is listed here with a photo of his grave marker. Dr Baldwin is also listed in Memorial No. 142084573 in the Watt Family Cemetery, Gretna, Pittsylvania Co. VA.
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