Class of 1857

Augustus Gilman Robinson: Born "Oct. 15, 1833" (?).​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1853, to July 1, 1857, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut. of Artillery, July 1, 1857.

Served: in garrison at Ft. Monroe, Va. (Artillery School for Practice),

(Second Lieut., 3d Artillery, Oct. 12, 1858)

 p688  1857‑58; and on frontier duty at Ft. Yuma, Cal., 1859, — San Francisco, Cal., 1859, — Alcatraz Island, Cal., 1859‑60, — Expedition against hostile Indians to Carson Valley, Utah, 1860, being engaged in a Skirmish near Truckee River, June 2, 1861, — Alcatraz Island, Cal., 1860‑61, — and Ft. Vancouver, Wash., 1861.

First Lieut., 3d Artillery, May 14, 1861.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑66: in garrison at San Juan Island, Wash., Nov., 1861, to Feb., 1862, — and Alcatraz Island, Cal., Feb., 1862, to Apr., 1863; and on Quartermaster duty

(Captain, Staff — Asst. Quartermaster, Feb. 19, 1863)

at San Francisco, Cal., Apr. 12 to June 29, 1863, — and in the Quartermaster-General's Office (Division of Clothing and Equipage), Washington, D. C., Aug., 1863, to Apr. 10, 1867.

Bvt. Major, Mar. 13, 1865,
for Faithful and Meritorious Services during the Rebellion.

Served: as Chief Quartermaster of the Department of Minnesota, and Depot Quartermaster at Ft. Snelling, Min., Apr. 10 to June 1, 1867; and as Acting Chief Quartermaster of the Department of Dakota, June 1 to Aug. 8, 1867, and Depot Quartermaster at Ft. Snelling, Min., June 1, 1867, to Apr. 29, 1868; as Chief Quartermaster, District of Minnesota, May 1 to Oct. 24, 1868; as Disbursing Officer and Assistant to the Chief Quartermaster of the Department of Dakota, Nov. 11, 1868, to Mar. 30, 1870; as Chief Quartermaster of the District of New Mexico, Apr. 30 to Aug. 31, 1870; as Post Quartermaster, Ft. Hays, Kan., Oct. 1, 1870, to May 20, 1872, — Ft. Sill, I. T., July 10, 1872, to Feb. 20, 1875, — and Ft. Brown, Tex., Apr. 17‑24, 1875; as Depot Quartermaster at Omaha, Neb., May 21, 1875, to Aug. 15, 1876; on Special duty in Indiana and Illinois, Aug. 18 to Oct. 8, 1876; transferring property and on leave of absence, Oct. 7, 1876, to Feb. 28, 1877; and as Post Quartermaster, Boston, Mas., Mar. 6, 1878, to July 2, 1879; as Disbursing Quartermaster

(Major, Staff — Quartermaster, Mar. 4, 1879)

of the District of Montana, Aug. 2, 1879, to Aug. 6, 1883; as Post Quartermaster at Boston, Mas., Aug. 27, 1883, to Nov. 1, 1887; as Quartermaster at Jeffersonville Depot, Ind., Nov. 11, 1887, to May 4, 1889; as Depot Quartermaster, New Orleans, La., May 5, 1889, to –––––.