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Private · U.S. Army

John H. Robinson

Private John H. Robinson, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on July 3, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War July 3, 1863

Private John H. Robinson, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on July 3, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company I, 19th Massachusetts Infantry. Robinson was about 17 years old.

30 other service members also received the Medal of Honor for actions on the same day. The medal was presented on December 1, 1864.

Robinson was born in 1846. His Medal of Honor is credited to Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Robinson died on November 30, 1883, at the age of about 37. He is buried at St. Benedict Cemetery in West Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Robinson is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 265 credited to Massachusetts.

★ Flags & Colors

Official Medal of Honor citation

Capture of flag of 57th Virginia Infantry (C.S.A.).

Citation text: U.S. Government, public domain.

Timeline

  1. 1846
    Born
  2. July 3, 1863
    Act of valor — Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
    Age about 17. Company I, 19th Massachusetts Infantry
  3. December 1, 1864
    Medal of Honor presented
  4. November 30, 1883
    Died
    Age about 37.
  5. Resting place
    St. Benedict Cemetery
    West Roxbury, Massachusetts

Also honored for actions on July 3, 1863

EB Elijah William Bacon Private · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ George Greenville Benedict Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 MB Morris Brown Jr. Captain · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ HC Hugh Carey Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ JC John E. Clopp Private · Army Civil War · 1863 Alonzo H. Cushing First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ JD Joseph H. Decastro Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 GD George H. Dore Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 Benjamin Frank Falls Color Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 ✦ CF Christopher Flynn Corporal · Army Civil War · 1863 Frederick W. Fuger Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 William B. Hincks Sergeant Major · Army Civil War · 1863

See all 31 recipients for July 3, 1863 →

Same unit

JA John Gregory bishop Adams Second Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1862

More Civil War recipients from Massachusetts

Samuel Cole Wright Private · Army Civil War · 1862 JS James Saunders Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1864 JB James Barnum Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1865 JJ John H. James Captain of the Top · Navy Civil War · 1864 JC James B. Chandler Coxswain · Navy Civil War · 1864 HJ Henry T. Johns Private · Army Civil War · 1863
Sources. Service and award details compiled from the recipient record of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. The narrative summary is generated from these records. Spotted an error? Send a correction.