. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . the ranking officer and commanded the regiment, when,in conjunction with the One Hundred and Forty-ninthPennsylvania, under Colonel Dwight, it made the lastrally on Cemetery Hill and saved the battery there sta-tioned. For his services at Gettysburg Major Ashhurst receivedhonorable mention in the reports of the brigade, division,and corps commanders, and, on recommendation of Gen-eral Meade, was brevetted major for distinguished gal-lantry at Gettysburg, Major Ashhurst was ordered to Philadelphia after thebattle for trea
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . the ranking officer and commanded the regiment, when,in conjunction with the One Hundred and Forty-ninthPennsylvania, under Colonel Dwight, it made the lastrally on Cemetery Hill and saved the battery there sta-tioned. For his services at Gettysburg Major Ashhurst receivedhonorable mention in the reports of the brigade, division,and corps commanders, and, on recommendation of Gen-eral Meade, was brevetted major for distinguished gal-lantry at Gettysburg, Major Ashhurst was ordered to Philadelphia after thebattle for treatment of his wound, and shortly afterwardresigned. I le has since been engaged in the practio oilaw in Philadelphia. 48 OFFICERS OF THE ARMY AND NAVY (volunteer). CAPTAIN JOHN STANTON BALDWIN, Captain- John Stanton Baldwin was born in NewHaven, Connecticut, January 6, 1834. His father, at thattime a clergyman, was afterward conspicuous in the free-soil and anti-slavery movements, and at a later period, forthree terms, a member of Congress from Baldwin, Senior, was an author of note, two of hisvolumes, Pre-Historic Nations ami Ancient America,having taken their place among standard works. Captain Baldwin was on his fathers side descendedfrom the Stantons and Denisons, men of mark in theConnecticut and Massachusetts colonies, and officers ofthe colonial troops. On his mothers side his ancestorscan be traced directly to the band of Pilgrims who landedat Plymouth. He received his education in Connecticutschools, graduating at the high and normal schools, butinstead of entering Yale College, for which he was fitted,he obeyed a summons to take a responsible and difficultposition in the office of a Boston daily newspaper. Heha
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