Milton S. Robinson

Milton S. Robinson
Born	April 20, 1832(1832-04-20) Versailles, Indiana
Died	July 28, 1892(1892-07-28) (aged 60) Anderson, Indiana
Place of burial	Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson
Allegiance	United States of America Union
Service/branch	United States Army Union Army
Years of service	1861–65
Rank	Bvt. Brigadier General
Commands held	2nd Brigade, 4th Division, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland
Battles/wars	American Civil War Battle of Stones River Battle of Chickamauga Battle of Chattanooga
Other work	United States Congressman, lawyer, judge

Milton Stapp Robinson (April 20, 1832 – July 28, 1892) was an Indiana lawyer, politician, judge, and soldier. He was a brigade commander in the Union Army during the American Civil War and a postbellum U.S. Representative.

Biography

Born in Versailles, Indiana, Robinson received a limited schooling. As a young man, he studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and began practice in Anderson, Indiana. He served as presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1856. He was appointed a director of the Indiana State Penitentiary at Michigan City in 1861, but resigned after a few months.

During the Civil War, he entered the Union Army in September 1861 as the lieutenant colonel of the 47th Indiana Infantry. He was later promoted to colonel of the 75th Indiana Infantry, which he led during the December 1862 Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Robinson then commanded the 2nd Brigade, 4th Division of the XIV Corps at the September 1863 Battle of Chickamauga. He was brevetted as a brigadier general in the omnibus promotions at the end of the war, dating from March 13, 1865.

After the war, he served in the Indiana State Senate 1866-1870. He was delegate to the 1872 Republican National Convention. Robinson was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1878 and resumed the practice of law in Madison County, Indiana.

Robinson was appointed associate justice of the appellate court of Indiana in March 1891. He was subsequently appointed chief justice and served until his death in Anderson, Indiana, on July 28, 1892. He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery.

References

• Milton S. Robinson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-11-01

External links

• "Milton S. Robinson". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5996334. Retrieved 2008-11-01. 
• Robinson's house in Anderson, Indiana

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Persondata
Name	Robinson, Milton Stapp
Alternative names
Short description	Union Army officer, politician
Date of birth	April 20, 1832
Place of birth	Versailles, Indiana
Date of death	July 28, 1892
Place of death	Anderson, Indiana