[Robert A. Pinn, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

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[Robert A. Pinn, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left]

1900

1 photographic print of Medal of Honor winner Robert A. Pinn

1 photographic print.

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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...