A true patriot, who responded to the alarm sent out on April 19, 1775, being among the first to join the colonies' fight for independence - the American Revolution.
Loammi
Baldwin
Major
Woburn
Militia
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Loammi Baldwin was a Major with command over three companies of Militia in Col. David Green's Regiment, in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Entered the conflict at Concord.
This was the rest of Green's militia regiment, three companies under Captains Joshua Walker, Jonathan Fox, and Samuel Belknap, all of Woburn, with their fellow townsman Major Loammi Baldwin in over-all command.(The Minute Men: a compact history, p. 180) He was 30 yrs old.
Sources
The Minute Men: a compact history, p. 180
Massachusetts Soldiers & Sailors
Volume:
1
Page:
521
MM80-WOBURN-03-000
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