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Envelopes from Henry C. Robinette to Theodore J. Robinette

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Henry Clay Robinette, false

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Theodore J. Robinette

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Henry Clay Robinette, attended the Delaware Military Academy (1857-1860) and joined the Union Army at the outset of the Civil War. H.C. Robinette fought at the battles of Corinth and Vicksburg (1862) and was later on the General Grant's staff (1864-1865). After the war he was court-martialed for cursing an officer in a barroom brawl (1867)but his father petitioned President Andrew Johnson on his behalf with the result that his sentence was commuted and he was promoted to brevet major for "gallant and meritorious services at the Battle of Corinth and the siege of Vicksburg."

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Robinette, Henry Clay, "Envelopes from Henry C. Robinette to Theodore J. Robinette" (2025). Civil War Collections. 27.
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