Charles H. Baldwin (June 30, 1839 – January 22, 1911) was an enlisted man in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
He served aboard the USS Wyalusing and received the Medal of Honor for his participation in a plan to destroy the rebel ram CSS Albemarle in Roanoke River, May 25, 1864.
Weighted by a line which was used to transfer the torpedoes, he swam the river and, when challenged by a sentry, was forced to abandon the plan after erasing its detection and before it could be carried to completion.
Baldwin spent 2 days and nights of hazardous travel without food, and finally arrived, fatigued, at the mother ship.
[3] This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.