John C. Robinson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John C. Robinson

United States Army Medal of Honor recipient

Date of Birth: 10-Apr-1817

Place of Birth: Binghamton, New York, United States

Date of Death: 18-Feb-1897

Profession: politician, military officer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

John Cleveland Robinson (April 10, 1817 – February 18, 1897) had a long and distinguished career in the United States Army, fighting in numerous wars and culminating his career as a Union Army brigadier general of volunteers and brevet major general of volunteers in the American Civil War.
In 1866, President Andrew Johnson nominated and the U.S.
Senate confirmed Robinson's appointment to the brevet grade of major general in the regular army.
He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor for valor in action in 1864 near Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia, where he lost a leg.
When he retired from the U.S.
Army on May 6, 1869, he was placed on the retired list as a full rank major general, USA.
After his army service, he was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1873 to 1874 and served two terms as the president of the Grand Army of the Republic.



Description	American photographer, war photographer, photojournalist and journalist
Date of birth/death	18 May 1822	15 January 1896
Location of birth/death	Warren County	Manhattan
Work period	from 1844 until circa 1887 date QS:P,+1887-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Work location	New York City, Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q187850 VIAF: 22965552 ISNI: 0000 0001 2209 4376 ULAN: 500126201 LCCN: n81140569 NAID: 10570155 WorldCat