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Augustus S Baldwin

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Officer of the American Navy

Augustus S Baldwin

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Personal Details
Place of Birth New Jersey  
Date of Death 1876/02/01 W012
Naval Service Events
Ship Date From Date To Event Source
Promoted to Midshipman, February 1829 W012
Warren 1830 1834 As Midshipman  
Constellation 1834 1834 As Midshipman  
  1835 Appointed to the Navy Yard at New york  
  1836/06/04 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination W012
  1838 On an Exploring Expedition until 1842  
Promoted to Lieutenant, September 1841 W012
  1847/03 Wounded during the seige of Vera Cruz  
  1848 Appointed to the coast survey until 1852  
  1855/09/13 Placed on the reserve list W012
  1859 Reinstated on the Active List  
Promoted to Commander, April 1861 W012
  1867 Appointed as a Lighthouse inspector  
Promoted to Retired Captain, April 1867 W012
Personal Events
Date Event Source

 

Notes on Officer
The Attack on Vera Cruz The Navy of the United States from the commencment, 1775 to 1853
Assisted by detachments from the U. S. Ship Ohio, and other vessels of the squadron, under their respective officers, who were daily employed in a battery on shore; where Mid. T. B. Shubrick, and six sailors, were killed, and Lieut. A. S. Baldwin, and 7 sailors, wounded. Thirty-one of the cannon, captured in this combined attack of the Army and Navy, were sent to the United States as trophies; thirteen of these were brass pieces.

 

Sources
Id Link or Description Author
W012 Dictionary of American Fighting Vessels Unknown
001 Records of Living officers of the US Navy and Marine Corps Lewis R Hamersley
002 The Navy of the United States from the commencment, 1775 to 1853 George F Emmons

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