Date Original
1864-1865
Description
This collection consists of a diary, 1864-1865.
Biographical/Historical Note
Jefferson Robinson (Robusion) was born in New York, New York, in 1835. He mustered into Company I of the Fifty-second Illinois Infantry, United States Army, as a private on September 11, 1861. At that time, he lived in Dundee, Kane County, Illinois. In March of 1864, he was promoted to hospital steward and transferred to the Second Arkansas Colored Infantry, later known as the Fifty-fourth United States Colored Infantry Regiment, then stationed at Helena, Arkansas. While with this unit, he worked with the noted Civil War surgeon, Dr. Elliott Pyle. He was later stationed in what is now North Little Rock and at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Still later, he served a tour of duty at Fort Gibson in Indian Territory. On March 21 of 1865, he received a promotion to Second Lieutenant, just before the unit returned to Little Rock, Arkansas. After the Civil War, he settled in Kansas where he was a physician in Manhattan, Riley County. In 1892 he was granted a pension for his military service. He died about 1906.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
MG.00108
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Robinson, Jefferson diary, MG.00108
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Jefferson Robinson diary, Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
