John C. Robinson
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John Cleveland Robinson was an American soldier in the United States Army. Robinson had a long and distinguished military career, fighting in many wars and culminating his career as a brigadier genera
General John C. Robinson
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Battle of Gettysburg
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in the American Civil War between the Union and Confederate armies in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle, won by the Union, is widely considered the Ci
John C. Robinson
…the Battle of Fredericksburg. He was transferred to command of second division I Corps in time to participate in Chancellorsville in 1863. During the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, Robinson commanded a division in the I Corps north of the borough of Gettysburg. He and his men fought well on July 1, but eventually had…
M1857 12-Pounder "Napoleon" at Gettysburg National Military Park Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, September 2006
A November 1862 Harper's Magazine illustration showing Confederate army men escorting kidnapped African-American civilians south into slavery. En route to Gettysburg, the Army of Northern Virginia kidnapped between 40 and nearly 60 free black civilians and sent them south into slavery.
American Zouave regiments during the Battle of Gettysburg