. History of companies I and E, Sixth regt., Illinois volunteer infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898 . , and the anxious fatherand mother were grief stricken. While in the hospitalapparently on the road to ultimate recovery, he suffereda relapse and passed away very suddenly. The re-mains were brought to Dixon for interment. Guardedby a squad of G. A. R. veterans, the body lay in statein the corridor of the Lee county court house, where itwas viewed by h
. History of companies I and E, Sixth regt., Illinois volunteer infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898 . , and the anxious fatherand mother were grief stricken. While in the hospitalapparently on the road to ultimate recovery, he suffereda relapse and passed away very suddenly. The re-mains were brought to Dixon for interment. Guardedby a squad of G. A. R. veterans, the body lay in statein the corridor of the Lee county court house, where itwas viewed by hundreds of sorrowing friends. Thefuneral occurred on the Sunday following his death. Itwas one of the largest and most impressive ever heldin this section of the state. He was buried with mili-tary honors befitting his rank. Major Baldwin had been connected with the IllinoisNational Guard for ten years, having enlisted as a»noriginal member of company G of Dixon, July second1888. He served as a non-commissioned officer for atime and was commissioned second lieutenant in 1890;promoted to captain in 1891, commanding the companyduring its service in Chicago where it participated in thecampaign arising from the railroad strike. In the fall. Major Win. li. Baldwin and his mount. Death oi Major Haldwin. 337 of 1896 he was major of the ThirdBattalion and entered the service of the government asa volunteer otFicer in this capacity. He was well andfavorably known throughout the re<riment and hisdeath caused a wave of sorrow to sweep over the entirecommand. 338 History of Comfanies I and E. CHAPTER XXVI. The sixty days furlough granted the volunteers werespent in accepting invitations to, and attending receptions,which came one after another with amazing affairs in which the entire communit}- partici-pated were followed by informal dinners and partieswhere the thought which appeared uppermost in theminds of the hosts was to heap tempting morsels of food
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