Freemasons of New York State in the Civil War
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Robinson, Giles, 4th Artillery, Sherburne, 444 b. 21 Apr 1843; d. 29 Aug 1898; bur. Sherburne Hill West Cemetery, NY; m. Emily Colwell, b. 11 Apr 1847; d. 9 Sep 1913; they had a son, James C., b. 25 Jan 1878; d. 18 Jan 1909. Sherburne 13 Sep [1897]. At noon to-day lightning struck an old locust tree standing in the yard of the old Davison place on State street, now occupied by Giles Robinson. Part of the electric fluid passed to another large locust tree, about twenty feet distant between the sidewalk and the gutter, to which was attached a telephone wire. The wire was attached to the northeast corner of Charles L. Kaston's house, where the corner boards were torn off and a leak made in a rain water tank: At the telephone office, at the drug store of Shepard & Sholes, a blaze about a foot in diameter and s ix or eight feet in length was seen by Fred I. Shepard to come from the switch board. ROBINSON, GILES.— Age, 19 years. Enlisted, December 25, 1863, at Sherburue; mustered in as private, Co. C, December 26. 1863, to serve three years; mustered out with company, September 26, 1865, at Washington, D. C. Robinson, Henry, 4th Mich. Infantry, x, x http://home.comcast.net/~richardson156/wagerr.html#raceca ROBINSON, HENRY, was born in Bridgewater, N. Y., January 2, 1840, son of Henry L. and Mary A. (Maxson) Robinson. At sixteen years of age he engaged as clerk, and followed that occupation for four years, at which time the war broke out, and he enlisted in Co. A, 4th Mich. Infantry, and participated in all the engagements of the regiment, including Bull Run, the battles of the Peninsular Campaign, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Antietam, and Gettysburg, where he was wounded the second day's battle. He was then in the hospital for nine months, after which he rejoined his regiment, and served out his three years time. In 1866 he married Sarah A. Brockway, by whom he has two children: Mrs. Burton Bryant of Buffalo, N. Y., and Lynn Robinson. Mrs. Robinson's family came from Connecticut, and her father settled on the land where the Robinsons now live; and their residence and farm known as Maple Dell, is one of the prettiest places in Oneida county. Mr. Robinson is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and G. A. R. He was postmaster under President Johnson, and has been town clerk, and also supervisor of Bridgewater. 
.Robinson, James E., 8th Heavy Artillery, Mount Vernon, 3 Robinson, John, x, Frontier, 517 < Robinson, John Cleveland, (Gen.), Binghamton, 177 (photo) http://www.nycivilwar.us/robinson.html T  he student of history who reads the story of the first day's battle at Gettysburg will note with interest that, of the six infantry divisions which fought that day, five were commanded by New York generals, - Robinson, Doubleday, Wadsworth, Barlow, and Steinwehr.
John Cleveland Robinson was born in Binghamton, NY, April 10, 1817. At the age of eighteen he entered the military academy at West Point, where he remained three years, and then left with the intention of studying law. After a year of civil life he joined the regular army, in which he received a commission as second lieutenant in the Fifth Infantry. He was promoted to a first lieutenancy in 1846, the rank which he held during the Mexican War, in which he fought with distinction at Monterey, and was present, also, at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. He was commissioned captain in 1850. He served in 1856, in the Florida War against the Seminole Indians, a campaign in which he made a further record for bravery and efficient services. At the close of the Seminole War he was ordered to Utah, where he was assigned to the command of Fort Bridger. Returning East he was placed in command of Fort McHenry, at Baltimore, where he was stationed at the outbreak of the Civil War. The Confederate conspirators contemplated a seizure of this important point, the capture of which would have inflicted a serious blow on the Union cause at that critical period. As the fort was garrisoned by only sixty men, Robinson felt apprehensive as to the result, but succeeded, through a clever ruse, in making the Confederates believe that reinforcements had arrived, and so their plans were abandoned. With the progress of the war, promotion was rapid in the regular army. Robinson, who had been ordered on duty at Detroit as a mustering officer, was made colonel of the First Michigan Volunteers, in September, 1861; and, soon after, he received a commission as major of the Second United States Infantry. On April 28, 1862, he was commissioned a brigadier general of volunteers, having already been placed in command of a brigade at Newport News, VA. He was transferred soon after to the Army of the Potomac, where he was assigned to a brigade in Kearny's Division of the Third Corps, with which he participated in most of the battles before Richmond. General Kearny in his official report of the Seven Days' battle says: "I have reserved General Robinson for the last. To him this day is due, above all others in this division, the honors of this battle. The attack was on his wing. Everywhere present, be personal supervision and noble example he secured for us the honor of victory." On the withdrawal of the Army of the Potomac from in front of Richmond Robinson's Brigade moved with the rest of McClellan's army to reinforce General Pope, and was actively engaged in the battles around Manassas. With his brigade, he next fought at Fredericksburg, after which, on December 29, 1862, he was assigned to the command of the Second Division of the First Army Corps. He was present at Chancellorsville with his division, but was not in action, the First Corps receiving no orders from General Hooker to advance. At Gettysburg his division took a prominent part in the hard fighting of the First Corps during the battle on the first day, his troops holding the right of the corps line. Robinson maneuvered his troops rapidly and skillfully, holding a superior force in check for hours, and capturing, in an open field fight, a large part of Iverson's North Carolina Brigade. He was brevetted lieutenant colonel of the regular army for meritorious service at Gettysburg, and colonel, for services at Mine Run and the battle of the Wilderness. On the reorganization of the Army of the Potomac in 1864, the First Corps was transferred to the Fifth, and, with it, Robinson's Division. After the battle of the Wilderness, General Grant ordered the army to Spotsylvania, with the intention of seizing that point before General Lee could occupy it. Robinson's Division moved first, and arriving there found the advance of the Confederate army already on the ground. Realizing the importance of securing that strategic point, Robinson, without waiting for supports, attacked promptly and vigorously. In this engagement, known as the battle of Alsop's Farm, May 8, 1864, Robinson, while leading his men in the fight, was shot through the left knee, and was borne from the field. The wound necessitated the amputation of his leg, and the gallant general, thus permanently disabled, retired from active service in the field. For his conspicuous bravery in this action, where he rode at the head of his troops in their assault on an entrenched position, he received from the War Department the decoration of the Medal of Honor, and was brevetted major general in the United States Army. A  s soon as his wound would permit he returned to duty, having been placed in command of the Military Department of the State of New York. After the war, in 1866, he served as military commander and commissioner of the Freedman's Bureau in North Carolina. In 1867, he was at the head of the Military Department of the South, and, in 1868, of the Department of the Lakes. On May 6, 1869, General Robinson was placed on the retired list of the United States Army with the full rank of major general, and his long military career with its honorable and brilliant record was brought to a close.
But further honors were awaiting him as a civilian, and in 1872, he was elected Lt. Governor of the State of New York on the same ticket with Governor John A. Dix. He was chosen commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic in 1877, and in 1887, was elected president of the Society of the Army of the Potomac. For several years before his death he was blind, and members of the Loyal Legion will long remember the pathetic scene at one of their banquets at Delmonico's, when the white-haired veteran, standing with sightless eyes in that brilliant scene, bid his old companions-in-arms a final farewell. With hearts softened by emotion the 600 officers present at the banquet arose and gave three cheers for their departing comrade. He died a few months later, on February 18, 1897, at his home in Binghamton, at the age of seventy-nine years. General Robinson's Statue Dedicated at Gettysburg on September 25, 1917 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Robinson John Cleveland Robinson (10 Apr 1817 – 18 Feb 1897) had a long and distinguished career in the United States Army, fighting in numerous wars and culminating his career as a Union Army major general in the American Civil War. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor in action in 1864 near Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, where he lost a leg. After the war, he was elected as Lieutenant Governor of New York and served two terms as the president of the Grand Army of the Republic. Directory: sites -> default -> files -> history files -> Nstructions for Acquiring Excess Equipment online, through the 1033 Program files -> Occupational health and safety files -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten Point Program files -> International programs roel profile files -> Fermi Questions a guide for Teachers, Students, and Event Supervisors Lloyd Abrams, Ph. D. DuPont Company, cr&D/ccas experimental Station Wilmington, de 19880 files -> Personal Information Name: Maha Al-Ammari Nationality: Saudi Relationship Status history -> History of the Third Masonic District Grand Lodge of the State of New York history -> Grand Lodge of New York Masonic Lodge Histories Lodge Nos. 201-230 history -> Grand Masters of the United Grand Lodge of England [ugle] and of Scotland Download 13.54 Mb. Share with your friends:
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