Congressional Medal of Honor File of 1st Sergeant Robert Pinn, Company I, 5th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment

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Congressional Medal of Honor File of 1st Sergeant Robert Pinn, Company I, 5th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment

1889-1904

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This file contains information concerning the awarding of a Congressional Medal of Honor to 1st Sergeant Robert Pinn of Company I, 5th U.S. Colored Troops for action on September 29, 1864, at Chapins Farm, Virginia. Sergeant Pinn took command of his company after all the officers had been killed or wounded and gallantly led it in battle.

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Pinn, Robert Alexander, 1843-1911

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Robert Alexander Pinn (March 1, 1843 – January 5, 1911) was an African American Union Army soldier during the American Civil War and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm. Robert A. Pinn was one of only four Black Americans from Ohio to receive the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War. Pinn was born on a Perry Township farm and was the sixth of 10 children born to William and Zilphia Penn. He attended s...