Approved Pension File for Sergeant Robert A. Pinn, Company I, 5th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment (SC-55644)

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Approved Pension File for Sergeant Robert A. Pinn, Company I, 5th U.S. Colored Troops Infantry Regiment (SC-55644)

1863-1911

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/74195053

Complete invalid pension application and certificate for Union Army Medal of Honor recipient Robert Pinn. Surgeon's certificates, personal letters, affidavits, and depositions are included in this file.

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SNAC Resource ID: 11630905

National Archives Library, National Archives Records Administration

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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...