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| Charles Robinson (courtesy Wisconsin Historical Society) |
He served in the Civil War with the Wisconsin 1st Infantry.
The 1st Wisconsin Infantry was organized into a regiment of three-month service at Camp Scott in Milwaukee, and then mustered into service on April 27, 1861. Following that it reorganized for three-year service at Camp Scott, and mustered in again on October 19, 1861.The regiment left Wisconsin for Louisville, Kentucky, October 28-31, 1861, and moved through Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia during the war.
It participated in the Battle of Chickamauga and the Siege of Atlanta, and mustered out on October 13, 1864.
The regiment lost 300 men during service. Six officers and 151 enlisted men were killed. One officer and 142 enlisted men died from disease.
He died of consumption (tuberculosis) in Oakland in 1877 and was buried in the G.A.R. (Civil War) plot at Mountain View Cemetery.
Source: Find a Grave, Wisconsin Historical Society, National Archives
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