Robert Pinn (#17-76)
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Another Ohio Historical Marker at the Massillon Cemetery (there are two at this location) honoring a Civil War veteran who is interred in this cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM8QH8
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2010
Views: 9
Side A : "Robert Pinn"
During the Civil War in 1863, twenty-year-old Massillon farmer Robert Pinn enlisted in the 5th Regiment, Company I, United States Colored Troops (USCT) at his first opportunity, saying, "I was very eager to become a soldier, in order to prove by my feeble efforts the black man's rights to untrammeled manhood." At the battle for New Market Heights in the 1864 Richmond campaign, he assumed command of his company after his unit's officers were all killed or wounded - and was himself wounded three times. For his meritorious conduct Pinn received the Congressional Medal of Honor, one of four African Americans so honored from the 5th USCT. Following the war he attended Oberlin College and became a successful Massillon attorney. He died in 1911 and is interred here.
Side B : "Same"
Same
Marker Number: 17-76
County: Stark
Significance of Location: Person
Bicentenial Mark: yes
Website address: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinate: Not Listed
Additional Coordinate description: Not listed
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