Carolyn Although it does not confirm actual military service the following letter from the Civil War Navy OR seems to confirm your suspicions, assuming of course that D H Baldwin is the same man, of his allegeance to the Southern Cause as D H Baldwin and his partners from Savannah outfit a CSA ship, the Gallatin "until within the last year in the service of the United States" for war. He may have been in the navy quartermasters corps for Georgia although someone more familiar with these things would have to verify if "captain" is a rank conferred on other than shipboard commanders. Mike Hon. ROBERT TOOMBS, Secretary of State, Montgomery, Ala. [ Enclosure. ] SAVANNAH, April 18, 1861. The undersigned asks for a letter of marque for schooner Gallatin. She is a topsail schooner of about 150 tons and was until within the last year in the service of the United States. She will be owned by F. W. Simms, D. H. Baldwin, J. A. Courvoisie, Wm. Stamch, and Wm. Hone, all of the city of Savannah. It is intended to place two 12-pounders on the main deck, and supply the crew of about 40 men with rifles, cutlasses, and revolvers. The undersigned will give satisfactory bond that the owners, officers, and crew will observe the laws of the Confederate States and the regulations for their conduct. The undersigned will be master of the vessel. WM. HONE. Hon. JOHN BOSTON, Collector of Customs, Savannah, Ga. > I am trying to locate definitive information about my 3rd g-grandfather's Civil War service. His name was Daniel Hoard Baldwin (1825->1887). He married Katharine Alice Philbrick in 1855. On-line notes from the UNC Southern History Collection state he was a Captain. >Although he was born in Massachusetts, and moved to NY after the war, I am fairly certain he served in the Confederate Army. He >married in Georgia and operated a business in Savannah. >Thanks - >Carolyn B. Timmann