Pvt. Asa Lewis Robinson, (USA)

Residing in East Boston, Massachusetts at the time of enlistment. Enlisted on September 16, 1861 as a Private in the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, Company B. Killed in the battle in Aldie, VA, on 17 Jun 1863. His grandfather Capt. Asa Robinson fought in the Revolutionary War.

The Battle of Aldie took place on June 17, 1863, in Loudoun County, Virginia, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.

Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry screened Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate infantry as it marched north in the Shenandoah Valley behind the sheltering Blue Ridge Mountains. The pursuing Union cavalry of Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick's brigade, in the advance of Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg's division, encountered Col. Thomas T. Munford's troopers near the village of Aldie, resulting in four hours of stubborn fighting. Both sides made mounted assaults by regiments and squadrons. Kilpatrick was reinforced in the afternoon, and Munford finally withdrew toward Middleburg.

Robinson, Asa D. BATTLE UNIT NAME: 1st Regiment, Massachusetts Cavalry SIDE: Union COMPANY: B
SOLDIER'S RANK IN: Private SOLDIER'S RANK OUT: Private ALTERNATE NAME: FILM NUMBER: M544 ROLL 34 PLAQUE NUMBER: NOTES: none