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Thomas Robinson

Private Thomas Robinson, Army, received the Medal of Honor for actions on May 12, 1864 in Spotsylvania, Virginia during the Civil War.

U.S. Civil War May 12, 1864Born in Ireland

Private Thomas Robinson, a soldier in the U.S. Army, received the Medal of Honor for gallantry on May 12, 1864 in Spotsylvania, Virginia during the Civil War. At the time he was serving with Company H, 81st Pennsylvania Infantry. Robinson was about 31 years old.

34 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 1833 in County Mayo, Ireland — one of 258 recipients born in Ireland. His Medal of Honor is credited to Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

Robinson is one of 1,525 Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War and one of 380 credited to Pennsylvania.

★ Flags & Colors

Official Medal of Honor citation

Capture of flag in a hand-to-hand conflict.

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

Timeline

  1. 1833
    Born in County Mayo, Ireland
  2. May 12, 1864
    Act of valor — Spotsylvania, Virginia
    Age about 31. Company H, 81st Pennsylvania Infantry
  3. December 1, 1864
    Medal of Honor presented

Also honored for actions on May 12, 1864

FA Frederick Alber Private · Army Civil War · 1864 RA Robert Wesley Ammerman Private · Army Civil War · 1864 NB Nathaniel C. Barker Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 John P. Beech Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 FB Francis A. Bishop Private · Army Civil War · 1864 EB E. Michael Burk Private · Army Civil War · 1864 DC Dayton P. Clarke Captain · Army Civil War · 1864 CC Charles H. Clausen First Lieutenant · Army Civil War · 1864 CF Charles S. Fall Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Charles H. Fasnacht Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1864 Archibald Freeman Private · Army Civil War · 1864 GH George W. Harris Private · Army Civil War · 1864

See all 35 recipients for May 12, 1864 →

More Civil War recipients from Pennsylvania

JT James B. Thompson Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1863 FR Ferdinand Frederick Rohm Chief Bugler · Army Civil War · 1864 Galusha Pennypacker Colonel · Army Civil War · 1865 AH Amzi Davis Harmon Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865 GW George Washington Walton Private · Army Civil War · 1864 JL James Parker Landis Chief Bugler · Army Civil War · 1865
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.