The first wounds of the Spanish-American War

The first wounds of the Spanish-American War

Jamestown had its first casualty of the Spanish-American War in April 1899: Lt. Dorman Baldwin, of Company H. North Dakota Volunteers received what was described as a serious wound to the leg in an exchange of gunfire with Philippine natives about 10 miles east of Manila. Two other members of the North Dakota Volunteers from Devils Lake received lesser wounds in the exchange. Baldwin was born in upstate New York in 1871. According to Census Bure…