Stephen was born about 1855. He served three terms in the U.S. Army as a Buffalo soldier and was a survivor of the Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877.
Sources
"United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRQD-7CN : 12 March 2018), Stephen Baldwin, 02 Nov 1876; citing p. 193, volume 72, Atlanta, , Georgia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 38; FHL microfilm 350,344.
"United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDR-3J2G : 3 March 2021), Stephen Baldwin, 26 Nov 1881; citing p. 125, volume 078, Cincinnati, , Ohio, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 41; FHL microfilm 350,347.
"United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRQD-TRW : 12 March 2018), Stephen Baldwin, 23 Dec 1886; citing p. 75, volume 84, Washington, , District Of Columbia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 44; FHL microfilm 1,319,377.
Carlson, Paul H., The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, 2003, pp. 86, 89, 90.
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