Cpl. Earl Robinson

Cpl. Earl Robinson

   Listed on the 1860 Federal Census #720/4826 as a 14 year old from Penn. living in Plato, Ill's.

 

 Co. B       36th Ill. Dragoon's

   Re-Designated as;

Co. K       15th Ill. Cav.

Plato Cavalry

   Enlisted, Aug. 17, 1861

   Residence,Plato, Ill's.

   Notice: Sept. 11, 1861 issue Elgin's Weekly Gazette.
   With the Fox River Regiment, in camp below Aurora, all our readers are well acquainted.  From the moment of its conception to the present hour it has gone right on to a full and complete success.  It is now 1200 strong and will, no doubt, be ordered to St. Louis in a few days there to be equipped and put into the Grand Army.

    Mustered In, Sept. 23, 1861 as a Private.
   Re-Enlisted as a veteran, 

   Authors Note;
      Not found in the Adj't Gen Report in the veterans files for the 15th Ill. Cav.

Co. K       10th Ill. Cav.

   Served as Military Police in New Orleans.

   Mustered Out, July 15, 1865 as a Cpl..

      Known Actions; 
Ft. Henry, Tenn.,       Feb. 7, 1862
Ft. Donnelson, Tenn.       Feb. 11, 1862
Shiloh, Tenn.       April 7, 1862
Briton's Lane       Sept. 1, 1862
Tullahoma       June, 24, 1863
Iuka, Miss.       July 7, 1863
Chickamauga, Ga.       Sept. 18, 1863
Mission Ridge, Ga.       Nov. 25, 1863
Resaca, Ga.       May 13, 1864
Kennasaw Mt. Ga.       June 27, 1864