Thomas Robinson
Born: May 17, 1837 at Norway
Home Town: New York, New York
Medal of Honor
U.S. Navy
Peacetime Awards
War Department, General Orders No. 77, August 1, 1866
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Captain of the Afterguard Thomas Robinson, United States Navy, for heroic efforts to save from drowning Wellington Brocar, Landsman, of the U.S.S. Tallapoosa, off New Orleans, 15 July 1866.
Medal of Honor
U.S. Army
American Civil War
Date of Issue: December 1, 1864
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Thomas Robinson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 12 May 1864, while serving with Company H, 81st Pennsylvania Infantry, in action at Spotsylvania, Virginia, for capture of flag in a hand-to-hand conflict.