John William Robinson

1844 - 1920  (76 years)

• Name	John William Robinson
  Born	16 Jan 1844	Hazel Green, Grant, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	38548
  _MILT	7th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry
  Died	8 Jul 1920	Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
  Buried	Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, USA
  	Paradise Cemetery
  Person ID	I38548	Thompson-Milligan
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2018

  
  

  Family	Margaret Elizabeth Booth,   b. 21 May 1842, Platteville, Grant, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 3 May 1903, Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Children	1. Olive Louise Robinson,   b. 8 May 1883, Lathrop, Clinton, Missouri, USA ,   d. 4 Jul 1946, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA  (Age 63 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2018
  Family ID	F12819	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Jan 1844 - Hazel Green, Grant, Wisconsin, USA Died - 8 Jul 1920 - Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA Buried - - Jasper, Jasper, Missouri, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  John served in the Civil War in the 7th Regiment of the Wisconsin Infantry. He joined 29th of December 1863 and was discharged on the 27th June 1865. He was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness, Virginia May 5-7, 1864 of which there were 17,666 men and 2246 killed, 12,037 wounded & 3383 captured/missing and also at the battle of Five Forks, Virginia with 830 casualties. He served under General Gouverneur K. Warren,Warrens Fifth Corps, in Brigadier General Samuel W Crawford's Third Division and Colonel John A Kellogg's First Brigade. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: John William Robinson Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Wisconsin Regiment Name: 7 Wisconsin Infantry Regiment Name Expanded: 7th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry Company: C Rank In: Private Rank In Expanded: Private Rank Out: Corporal Rank Out Expanded: Corporal Film Number: M559 roll 25 The Seventh Wisconsin Infantry was organized at Camp Randall, Madison, WI, and mustered into the service of the United States on the 16th of September, 1861, leaving the state on the 21st and reaching Washington, D.C., October 1, 1861. It joined General King's command, becoming part of the same "Iron Brigade" to which the Sixth Wisconsin had heretofore been assigned, and continued in the same brigade, division and corps with the Sixth until the surrender of the Confederates under General Lee to the Union Army commanded by Gen. Grant, April 9, 1865, serving in all the campaigns fought by the Army of the Potomac except the Peninsular Campaign. The Seventh took part in the Grand Review at Washington and shortly thereafter was, with regiments of the Army of the Potomac, transferred to Louisville, KY, where it was mustered out of the service of the United States July 3, 1865, returned to Madison, WI, July 5, 1865, and was disbanded. Per the 1910 census they lived in (Jasper) Sheridan Twp, Jasper Co., Mo I recently discovered that they had the wrong date of birth on Johns headstone. It states 1884 and that is diffidently incorrect.