Black gardener from Indianapolis who joined the 54th Massachusetts, the unit made famous by the motion picture "Glory."
"Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters, "U.S.," let him get an eagle on his buttons and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, and there is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United States."
Frederick Douglass
Milton Robinson
1840-1930
Milton Robinson was born a slave in Kentucky in 1840. When the Civil War came to Kentucky, he "attached himself" to an officer of Indiana troops. Heading north to Camp Morton in Indianapolis, Indiana he made the decision to travel to Boston when the opportunity presented itself to join the 54th Massachusetts commanded by Colonel Robert Gold Shaw. Milton felt there was no greater earthly honor than recognition as a soldier in the Northern army. He joined the glorious regiment as a private, member of company F. He survived the glory and trials of the 54th Massachusetts and returned upon his honorable discharge from the Union army to Indianapolis to be a residential gardener. As the years went by, age and infirmities did not dim his devotion to his beloved Colonel Shaw or the 54th Massachusetts. Mr. Robinson died July 17, 1930 sixty-seven years minus a day from the anniversary of the famed assault of Battery Wagner by the 54th Massachusetts. Milton Robinson is buried at the National Cemetery in Crown Hill, #1774, Indianapolis, Indiana.
"Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters, "U.S.," let him get an eagle on his buttons and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, and there is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United States."
Frederick Douglass
Milton Robinson
1840-1930
Milton Robinson was born a slave in Kentucky in 1840. When the Civil War came to Kentucky, he "attached himself" to an officer of Indiana troops. Heading north to Camp Morton in Indianapolis, Indiana he made the decision to travel to Boston when the opportunity presented itself to join the 54th Massachusetts commanded by Colonel Robert Gold Shaw. Milton felt there was no greater earthly honor than recognition as a soldier in the Northern army. He joined the glorious regiment as a private, member of company F. He survived the glory and trials of the 54th Massachusetts and returned upon his honorable discharge from the Union army to Indianapolis to be a residential gardener. As the years went by, age and infirmities did not dim his devotion to his beloved Colonel Shaw or the 54th Massachusetts. Mr. Robinson died July 17, 1930 sixty-seven years minus a day from the anniversary of the famed assault of Battery Wagner by the 54th Massachusetts. Milton Robinson is buried at the National Cemetery in Crown Hill, #1774, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Black gardener from Indianapolis who joined the 54th Massachusetts, the unit made famous by the motion picture "Glory."
"Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters, "U.S.," let him get an eagle on his buttons and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, and there is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United States."
Frederick Douglass
Milton Robinson
1840-1930
Milton Robinson was born a slave in Kentucky in 1840. When the Civil War came to Kentucky, he "attached himself" to an officer of Indiana troops. Heading north to Camp Morton in Indianapolis, Indiana he made the decision to travel to Boston when the opportunity presented itself to join the 54th Massachusetts commanded by Colonel Robert Gold Shaw. Milton felt there was no greater earthly honor than recognition as a soldier in the Northern army. He joined the glorious regiment as a private, member of company F. He survived the glory and trials of the 54th Massachusetts and returned upon his honorable discharge from the Union army to Indianapolis to be a residential gardener. As the years went by, age and infirmities did not dim his devotion to his beloved Colonel Shaw or the 54th Massachusetts. Mr. Robinson died July 17, 1930 sixty-seven years minus a day from the anniversary of the famed assault of Battery Wagner by the 54th Massachusetts. Milton Robinson is buried at the National Cemetery in Crown Hill, #1774, Indianapolis, Indiana.
"Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters, "U.S.," let him get an eagle on his buttons and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, and there is no power on earth which can deny that he has earned the right to citizenship in the United States."
Frederick Douglass
Milton Robinson
1840-1930
Milton Robinson was born a slave in Kentucky in 1840. When the Civil War came to Kentucky, he "attached himself" to an officer of Indiana troops. Heading north to Camp Morton in Indianapolis, Indiana he made the decision to travel to Boston when the opportunity presented itself to join the 54th Massachusetts commanded by Colonel Robert Gold Shaw. Milton felt there was no greater earthly honor than recognition as a soldier in the Northern army. He joined the glorious regiment as a private, member of company F. He survived the glory and trials of the 54th Massachusetts and returned upon his honorable discharge from the Union army to Indianapolis to be a residential gardener. As the years went by, age and infirmities did not dim his devotion to his beloved Colonel Shaw or the 54th Massachusetts. Mr. Robinson died July 17, 1930 sixty-seven years minus a day from the anniversary of the famed assault of Battery Wagner by the 54th Massachusetts. Milton Robinson is buried at the National Cemetery in Crown Hill, #1774, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Gravesite Details
burial: JUL 19,1930
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