Great blue heron, Ardea herodias, Cranberry Lake, Byram Township, NJ

Great blue heron, Ardea herodias

Patrolling Cranberry Lake for a meal, this Great blue heron stood still just long enough for me to capture this picture.

Boonton Reservoir, Boonton, NJ

Rockaway River as it enters the Boonton Reservoir

View from the new Washington Street Bridge overlooking the walkway where the old bridge was replaced in Boonton, NJ. The Boonton Reservoir is a major water source for Jersey City, NJ

Colgate Clock and 85 Hudson, Jersey City, NJ

The Colgate Clock and the bottom half of 85 Hudson at dusk from Hudson River

Colgate Clock with the setting sun shinning from behind

Colgate Clock with 85 Hudson

As of 2015, 85 Hudson is the tallest building in NJ. Replacing the Colgate factory located on the site, Goldman Sachs retained most of the Colgate clock that has existed on the site since the early 1900's

Skylands Stadium, Augusta, NJ

Skylands Stadium, as of 2015 the current home of the independent league Sussex County Miners, located in Augusta, NJ (Frankford, Township)

Dar Van Bunschooten Homestead, Wantage, NJ

Originally built in 1787 as the home of the Reverend Elias Van Bunschooten. In addition to being a minister he was a farmer, mill operator and large land owner.

Cresecent Theater, Sussex, NJ

Crescent Theater

Originally built in 1917, the Crescent Theater was a 'Vaudeville' and also a silent movie theater. The center was used for weddings, meetings and graduations were often held. It was also the first theater to show movies with sound in 1929. Now it is home to community based theater.

Views of Sussex, NJ

First Baptist Church, first organized in 1756

Sussex Inn Restaurant, widely recognized because of its location on Route 23

Sussex Borough is oddly shaped. It is shaped like an octagon. Originally carved out of Wantage Township as 'Deckertown'

The Great Falls at Paterson, NJ in frozen splendor

Great Falls at Paterson, NJ

Passaic Falls at Paterson, NJ with hydroelectric plant

Closeup of frozen falls creating a tube of ice

Great Falls at Paterson, NJ frozen over

Statue of Alexander Hamilton at Great Falls

Alexander Hamilton overlooks the Passaic River

Closeup of Statue of Alexander Hamilton

Statue and pedestral of Alexander Hamilton

Pictures taken February 28th, 2015 showing the Great Falls (Passaic Falls) in Paterson, NJ in frozen splendor. After a long and very cold winter, the weather finally cleared and offered a relatively warm, but still sub freezing temperature revealing the Great Falls in a frozen state with water flow slowly carving tubes of ice from the top of the falls nearly all the way to the bottom creating the visual effect that the falls appear almost completely frozen over.

Rockaway River in Lake Hiawatha,Knoll Road, Parsippany, NJ

Views of the Rockaway River on Knoll Road on the Montville/Parsippany line.

River Road in Montville, NJ

A small wheat field on River Road near the Rockaway River in Montville, NJ in Fall, 2014

Pequannock Township Museum/Pompton Plains Train Station, Evans and Jackson Aves., Pompton Plains, NJ

The Pompton Plains Train station, serving as the museum for the Township of Pequannock built in 1872 standing proud on the corner of Evans and Jackson Aves. in Pompton Plains, NJ flying the Benington Flag in the mid-fall of 2014

Fairfield Dutch Reformed Church, Fairfield, NJ

Grave Marker of a Civil War Soldier

This brownstone meeting house built in 1804 by the resident Dutch population is an example of early 19th century Georgian architecutre. This church was the first parish in western Essex County (the parish dates to 1720). Serving as a social, cultural and educational hub, the church has historical prominence and was registered as both a state and national historic site.

Joseph C. Baldwin
Residence was not listed;
Enlisted on 8/11/1862 as a Sergeant.
On 8/11/1862 he mustered into "K" Co.  NJ 11th Infantry
He was Killed on 5/12/1864 at Spotsylvania Court House, VA

Promotions:
* 2nd Lieut 1/18/1863 (As of Co. F)
* 1st Lieut 8/26/1863 (Not Mustered)

Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 3/16/1863 from company K to company F
* 4/16/1864 from company F to company E

Two Bridges, Lincoln Park, Wayne and Fairfield, NJ

Two Bridges are two bridges at the confluence of the Pompton and Passaic Rivers connecting Wayne, Lincoln Park and Fairfield which are in Passaic, Morris and Essex counties, respectively.