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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Frank Dwight Baldwin papers
Creator:
Baldwin, Frank Dwight, 1842-1923
Identifier/Call Number: mssBaldwinfd
Physical Description:
41.38 Linear Feet
(34 boxes, 1 oversize folder)
Date (inclusive): 1807-1933
Date (bulk): 1869-1920
Abstract: Professional, personal, and family papers of General Frank D. Baldwin.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Frank Dwight Baldwin papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Juanita Baldwin Williams-Foote, June 1943. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin Williams-Foote, May 1970. Gift of Robert Carriker,
October 1972.
Francis Leonard Dwight Baldwin, (1842-1923) was a United States general and recipient of two Congressional Medals of Honor.
During the Civil War, he served with the 19th Michigan Volunteer Infantry, taking part in the battle of Thompson's Station,
Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, and the campaigns of the Carolinas. In 1866, he entered the Regular Army and
served as 2nd and then 1st Lieutenant of the 19th and 37th Regiments of U.S. Infantry before transferring to Col. Nelson A.
Miles' 5th U.S. Infantry in 1869. On January 10, 1867, Baldwin married Alice Blackwood, and they had one daughter, Juanita.
From 1869 to 1889, he served in the West, taking part in the Red River War, the operations against the Sioux from 1876 to
1880, the Nez Percé in 1877, the Apache in 1886, and the wars against the Sioux from 1890 to 1891. Baldwin was also judge
advocate of the Department of Columbia from 1881 to November 1885 and investigated the Wounded Knee tragedy. From 1891 to
October 1894 Baldwin was inspector of small arms practice for the Department of the Missouri, and then served as agent at
the Anadarko Agency in Indian Territory. From 1900 to 1902, he served in the Philippines, first as Lieutenant Colonel of the
4th U.S. Infantry, and then Colonel of the 27th Infantry. In June 1902, he was promoted to Brigadier General, and in February
1903 appointed commander of the Department of the Colorado, a post he held until his retirement in 1906. During the first
World War, he briefly left retirement to serve as Colorado's Adjutant General. Baldwin died in Denver, Colorado, on April
22, 1923.
A collection of professional, personal, and family papers of General Frank D. Baldwin. The collection includes Baldwin's correspondence,
military papers, maps, notebooks, diaries, photographs, scrapbooks, and ephemera. The correspondence includes both letters
by Baldwin and addressed to him from 1869 to 1920, and deals mostly with his promotions, friends, and the men who served under
his command. The military papers include Baldwin's military records, orders, reports, and communications, which cover his
post-Civil War career, recommendations for promotions, and papers relating to his Medals of Honor. Also included is correspondence
from 1914 to 1915 relating to a motion picture about the last battles and surrender of Native Americans to Gen. Nelson A.
Miles; an incomplete autobiography that starts with General Baldwin's Civil War service and ends in 1879; a group of facsimiles
of letters by John Brown; and a program of the memorial service for Owen Brown. The papers also include an addenda which contains
the correspondence between Frank D. Baldwin and his wife Alice Blackwood Baldwin, his daughter Juanita Baldwin Williams-Foote,
and other members of the Baldwin family. Also included is Baldwin's professional and personal correspondence, military papers,
official correspondence, telegrams, maps, pictures, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, pocket diaries, and appointment books
from 1860 to 1923.
Processed by Huntington Library Staff, 1945-1975. In 2021, Brooke Black created a finding aid.
Arranged by subject and format.
A group of photographs related to Frank Dwight Baldwin (photPF 7720-7759) were transferred to the Photo Archive.
Former call number: mssBaldwin papers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Atlanta Campaign, 1864
Apache Indians -- Wars, 1883-1886 -- Sources
Black Hills War, 1876-1877 -- Sources
Dakota Indians -- Wars, 1890-1891 -- Sources
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1866-1895 -- Sources
Nez Percé Indians -- Wars, 1877 -- Sources
Red River War, 1874-1875 -- Sources
Sherman's March to the Sea -- Personal narratives
Thompson's Station, Battle of, Thompson's Station, Tenn., 1863 -- Personal narratives
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890
Philippines -- History -- Philippine American War, 1899-1902 -- Sources
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
United States -- History, Military -- To 1900 -- Sources
Autobiographies -- United States -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- United States -- 19th century
Memoirs -- United States -- 19th century
Military records -- United States -- 19th century
Personal papers -- United States -- 19th century
Professional papers -- United States -- 19th century
Baldwin, Alice Blackwood, approximately 1845-1930
Brown, John, 1800-1859
Brown, Owen, 1824-1889 -- Death and burial
Miles, Nelson Appleton, 1839-1925
Williams-Foote, Juanita Baldwin
United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 19th (1862-1865)
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 4th -- History -- Sources
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 5th (1815-1957) -- History -- Sources
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 19th (1861-) -- History -- Sources
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 27th -- History -- Sources
United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 37th -- History -- Sources
United States. Army. Officers -- Archives