William W. Robinson, Jr.
born to William W. Robinson Sr, and Sarah Fisk Robinson April 2, 1846, he died March 24, 1917 in Washington, D.C.
He was mustered in to Co E., 7th Wi Vol Inf.  on March 17 and musterd out on July  3, 1865.  presumably to West Point after the war.1
He spent most of his career in the Army Quartermaster Corp.  We know that in 1889, he was assigned to the 7th Cavalry at Fort Riley, KS and later he was assigned to oversee the building of Fort Lawton in Seattle, WA

 

He rose to the rank of Assistant Quartermaster General and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
 
 
 
 

1.During the course of his distinguished service of Colonel Robinson the alternative of a commission as Brigadier was offered him or a scholarship for his son at West Point and he unhesitatingly chose his son's advantage, the appointment being made in 1863.
from Col. William W. Robinson, Soldiers and Citizen's Album of Biographical Record, Chicago, 1988) pp 553-6. 


William Robinson, Jr. 
Pictured on a CDV
as a West Point Cadet

appointmentAppointment notice in Congressional Journal

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