William Edwin Baldwin

rdf:langString William Edwin Baldwin

rdf:langString William Edwin Baldwin

rdf:langString William Edwin Baldwin

rdf:langString Mobile County, Alabama

rdf:langString Mississippi, United States

rdf:langString - Battle of Champion's Hill

rdf:langString - Battle of Coffeeville

rdf:langString - Battle of Fort Donelson

rdf:langString - Battle of Port Gibson

rdf:langString - Vicksburg Campaign

rdf:langString William Edwin Baldwin (July 28, 1827 – February 19, 1864) was a Confederate Army officer during the American Civil War. A bookstore owner and member of the local militia in Columbus, Mississippi, Baldwin enlisted in the Confederate Army soon after Mississippi announced its secession from the Union, accepting a commission as Colonel of the Regiment. Stationed briefly in Pensacola, Florida, he was transferred with his unit to East Tennessee and later central Kentucky, where he fought and was later captured at the Battle of Fort Donelson. After being released in a prisoner exchange, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and sent to West Tennessee, where he assumed command of a mixed brigade of Mississippi and Tennessee soldiers. Winning distinction at the Battle of Coffeeville, Baldwin would later participate in the battles of Port Gibson and Champion's Hill during the Vicksburg Campaign. Baldwin was captured when Vicksburg fell. After being exchanged he was assigned to the District of Mobile. There he was killed in an accident when a broken stirrup caused him to fall off his horse, near the Dog River in Alabama.

rdf:langString Place of burial