Award 1 · First Award
July 12, 1864
Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, USA
- Rank at action
- Captain
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Conflict
- U.S. Civil War
- Unit or command
- Company D, 19th Michigan Infantry
- Presentation date
- December 3, 1891
The Citation
Sources ↓First Award Led his company in a countercharge at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., 12 July 1864, under a galling fire ahead of his own men, and singly entered the enemy's line, capturing and bringing back two commissioned officers, fully armed, besides a guidon of a Georgia regiment.
Preserved earlier transcription
Rescued, with 2 companies, 2 white girls by a voluntary attack upon Indians whose superior numbers and strong position would have warranted delay for reinforcements, but which delay would have permitted the Indians to escape and kill their captives.
FIRST AWARD
Led his company in a countercharge at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., 12 July 1864, under a galling fire ahead of his own men, and singly entered the enemy's line, capturing and bringing back 2 commissioned officers, fully armed, besides a guidon of a Georgia regiment.
Sources & record notes
General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.
- Frank Dwight Baldwin — current Society profile (First Award) ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-28
current identity, service, action metadata, award multiplicity, and citation comparison
Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
- Award ID
- MOH-AW-001245
- Transcription status
- Current-profile multi-award transcription
- Last source check
- 2026-08-28
- Later or highest recorded rank
- Major General
- Entered service at
- Constantine, Mich.
- Archive transcription SHA-256
- 578de79b4331b8bfde91cc1b621d8a2f747e32d6a0a059770f845eafb0eca4a1
Legacy combined-row transcription preserved; separately documented current awards transcribed as distinct canonical award records.
One inherited combined row is expanded into two separately linked canonical awards. The inherited HC-003 row maps primarily to the 1874 Indian Campaigns award; the 1864 Civil War award is retained as an additional canonical award.