The wife of Senator and CSA Capt. William Robson. Eliza's father was Scottish industrialist and bridge builder, David Virtue. Eliza was thirteen years older than her husband when they married on May 17, 1848 in Scotland where Capt. Robson was born also. He became a blacksmith at the age of fourteen. [The Shreveport Caucasian; December 30, 1900; page 1/obituary of Hon. William Robson] Five days after their wedding, they sailed to the U.S. and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was in Ohio that he became an engineer on top of his blacksmith trade. In 1849, they relocated to Shreveport and he opened a blacksmith, wagon, harness and saddlery establishment. When the Civil War broke out he was representing Caddo Parish in the state legislature. He resigned his position to join the Third Louisiana Regiment as Captain. After the Battle of Oak Hill he returned to Shreveport to organize Company A of the Twenty-Fifth Louisiana Infantry. That formation reached the field of Shiloh on the second day of battle. After Perryville, he was promoted to Major and was sent to Texas on special duty to oversee ironworks for the Confederacy. After the war he returned to business life and delved in the mercantile, real estate contracting and building and planting. His plantation was named Long Branch and was located below Shreveport in Caddo Parish in the Red River valley. At the time of his death only one of his sons survived him, Willie Robson.
The wife of Senator and CSA Capt. William Robson. Eliza's father was Scottish industrialist and bridge builder, David Virtue. Eliza was thirteen years older than her husband when they married on May 17, 1848 in Scotland where Capt. Robson was born also. He became a blacksmith at the age of fourteen. [The Shreveport Caucasian; December 30, 1900; page 1/obituary of Hon. William Robson] Five days after their wedding, they sailed to the U.S. and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was in Ohio that he became an engineer on top of his blacksmith trade. In 1849, they relocated to Shreveport and he opened a blacksmith, wagon, harness and saddlery establishment. When the Civil War broke out he was representing Caddo Parish in the state legislature. He resigned his position to join the Third Louisiana Regiment as Captain. After the Battle of Oak Hill he returned to Shreveport to organize Company A of the Twenty-Fifth Louisiana Infantry. That formation reached the field of Shiloh on the second day of battle. After Perryville, he was promoted to Major and was sent to Texas on special duty to oversee ironworks for the Confederacy. After the war he returned to business life and delved in the mercantile, real estate contracting and building and planting. His plantation was named Long Branch and was located below Shreveport in Caddo Parish in the Red River valley. At the time of his death only one of his sons survived him, Willie Robson.
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