Civil War
Robert Pinn
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company I, 5th U.S. Colored Troops
29 September 1864 · Chapins Farm, Virginia
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- Ohio
- Action
- Chapins Farm, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Took command of his company after all the officers had been killed or wounded and gallantly led it in battle.
