John Cleveland Robinson
Born: April 10, 1817
Birthplace: Binghamton, New York
Father: Tracy Robinson 1778 – 1855
(Buried: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, New York)
Mother: Sarah Cleveland 1776 – 1866
(Buried: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, New York)
Wife: Sarah Maria Pease 1822 – 1892
(Buried: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, New York)
Children:
Sarah Marshall Robinson 1843 – 1847
Lorrain Tracy Robinson 1845 – 1846
Helen Morgan Robinson 1849 – 1851
John Marshall Robinson 1851 – 1910
Cleveland Robinson 1856 – 1916
(Buried: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, New York)
Caroline Pease Robinson 1866 –
Education:
1835 – 1838: Attended West Point Military Academy, Member of Class of 1839, Did not Graduate
1838: Expelled from West Point for insubordination
Occupation before War:
1839 – 1846: 2nd Lt. United States Army Infantry
Regimental and Brigade Quartermaster in Mexican – American War
1846 – 1850: 1st Lt. United States Army Infantry
1850 – 1861: Captain, United States Army, Infantry
Commander of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland
Civil War Career:
1861: Union Army Recruiting Officer in Detroit, Michigan
1861: Helped Ohio Governor raise troops in Dennison, Ohio
1861 – 1862: Colonel of 1st Michigan Infantry Regiment
1861 – 1866: Major United States Army
1862 – 1865: Brigadier General Union Army Infantry
1862: Struck by a piece of Shell at Broad Run, Virginia
1862: Served in the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863: Served in the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
1863: Division Commander at the Battle of Gettysburg
Brevetted Lt. Colonel for his gallantry in the Battle of Gettysburg
Brevetted Colonel for his gallantry in the Mine Run Campaign
1864: Division Commander in the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia
1864: Served in the Battle of Spotsylvania, Virginia
1864: While serving with U.S. Volunteers, in action at Laurel Hill, Virginia, lead brigade in a charge upon the enemy's breastworks; and was severely wounded.
1864: Wounded in the left knee joint, he underwent an amputation of the lower femur due to fracture
1865: Confirmed Brevet as Major General
Commander of the Military District of Northern New York
Assigned to the Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina
1866: Confirmed Brevet as Brigadier General in U.S. Army
1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on September 1st
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1869: Colonel in the United States Army
1866: Confirmed Brevet as Major General in U.S. Army
1867 – 1868: U.S. Army Commander, Department of the South
1868 – 1869: U.S. Army Commander, Department of the Lakes
1869: Retired from United States Army on May 6th as Major General
1873 – 1874: Lt. Governor of New York
1877 – 1879: Commander – in – Chief of Grand Army of the Republic
President of the Society of Army of the Potomac
1893 – 1897: Completely Blind and deaf in his right Ear
1894: Recieved Medal of Honor for extraordinary heroism on May 8, 1864, at Laurel Hill, Virginia
Died: February 18, 1897
Place of Death: Binghamton, New York
Cause of Death: Chronic Bright's disease and Old Age
Age at time of Death: 79 years old
Burial Place: Spring Forest Cemetery, Binghamton, New York
| Medal of Honor Citation | The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Brigadier General John Cleveland Robinson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 8 May 1864, while serving with U.S. Volunteers, in action at Laurel Hill, Virginia. Brigadier General Robinson placed himself at the head of the leading brigade in a charge upon the enemy's breastworks; was severely wounded. |
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