ROBINSON, John Cleveland

Affiliation:  Union

Born: April 10 1817, Binghamton NY

Died: February 18 1897, Binghamton NY

Pre-War Profession: Entered West Point 1835, dismissed for disciplinary reasons 1838, appointed US Army 1839, Mexican war, Seminole war, Utah expedition.

War Service: April 1861 commander of Fort McHenry, recruited volunteers in Ohio and Michigan, September 1861 Col. of 1st Michigan, April 1862 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 1st Bde/3rd Divn/III Corps in Peninsula campaign, Second Bull Run, commanded 1st Bde/1st Divn/III Corps at Fredericksburg, commanded 2nd Divn/I Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, commanded 2nd Divn/V Corps at Wilderness, Spotsylvania (w) - Medal of Honor, commanded military districts in New York.

Post War: Army service, ran Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina, Departmental command, retired through disability 1869, lieutenant governor of New York.