Name: Briscoe Gerald Baldwin
Birth Place: Spring Farm, Staunton
Date of Birth: 8/31/1840
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Prewar Life:Grad. of V.M.I., class of 1848; Private secretary of A.H.H. Stuart when Stuart was Secty. of Interior in 1850
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Occupation at Enlistment:Farmer
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Rank: Capt.
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Regiment: C.S.A.
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Promotions: Appointed Capt. of Ord., C.S.A., 08-21-1861, in charge of manufacturing heavy ordinance at Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, and in production and repair of small arms and ammunition; to Maj. or Ord.; to Lt. Col. and Chief of Ord., Army of Northern Va.
Transfers and Other Service:Ordered to Columbus, MI, 08-28-1862; Appointed Capt. of Ord., U.S. Army and Serving in Augusta, ME when resigned in 1861
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Notes: Surrendered Appomattox C.H., 04-09-65; Daughters of Confederacy monument
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Wounded in Action: Seven Pines, as Asst. Adj. Gen. to Gen. Rodes - 5/31/1862
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Personal Life: Brother of Ovid L. Abney
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obituary states he was a sharpshooter
Death Place: Bryan, Texas
Date of Death: 9/28/1898
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