The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-23
William Todd Robins.

rhc ranks of thc veterans of the great
War Between tlo states are thinning with
fearful rapidity. The Confederate Vet
Grams have Illustrated. no less i'm the
peaceful avocatiors OF life than on the
battlefield that hcroisln which astonishcd
the world. when the end came and
au hope seemed crushed. they returned
CD their dosolated homes. and by pa
tent industry built up the waste places.
They had no government TO pension
them. The same men who. amid scream
ing shells and kissing bullets. had car
ried the banner Of constitutional freedom
. To SO many Victories. went To the peace
ful pursuits of life with such indomi-
table patience and quiet industry that
ere generation had passed their be-
loved Southland began TO bloom and bios
som Ike the rose AS we contemplate
the heroic lives ana the honored graves
OF such men. we can say
"On James eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread.
And Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac OF the dead"
Among these heroic men, William Todd
Robins bore no unconsplcuous part. Born
at the home OF his maternal grandfather
m the county Of King and Queen, on the
I'd day of November. 1855. he was II his
twenty sixth year when tine War between
tne States began. Ills father was Angus
the Warner Robins. OF gloucester coun-
Is. Va. lie was a lincal descendant OF
John Robins who came to Virginia In
1922 This John Robins was member
of tho House OF Burgesses In 1915. ia
1862 there had been patented to him $500
acres OF land IN Gloucester county. The
peninsula between the Ware and Severn
Rivers is still known as "RoDius's Neck d."
Augustine Warner Robins at one time
& presented Gloucester in the I.egisla-
tutc The mother of the subject OF this
sketch was from KING aod queen county.
and died at his birth. he was reared at
tee Old Robins homestead. Level Green"
-u Gloucester. by Ills grandfather. VIII
lrm Robins.
Waen the FIRST tocsin Of war sounded
n 1881. William Todd ROBINS enlisted as
private soldier in the lee Rangers Il
cavalry company recruited by ". H. r..
i"c. who was It's FIRST captain. The COM
utrs was attached 20 tho Ninth Rcgi-
Want of the Virginia Cavalry OF which
Captain lee became the colonel In Jan
ufry iN-. William Todd Robins was made
rgeaut-major Of the regiment. Iu April.
l.h-. Dos became its adJutant. with the
+ rank of first lieutenant Iu October. 1sr2
ar Was made assistant adiutant-geueraI
+ rnd chief of stan of rigadicr-Generul
W. d. b.. Lee. with the rank Of cap-
4 ttn. lu August. 1868. he was made the
commander ~ the Forty-cighth Battalion
OFT Virginia cavalry. with the rank Of
lieutcnnut-colonei. ana 10 January. 1854
: Joe was made che colonel CT the Twenty
fourth Regiment of Virginia Cavalry.
+ Colonel Robins had eight horses shot I'M
da- nim Boa battle. ana was wounded
Three times. BE was riding bv the side
of Captain Latane when be Uatanel was
/ Killed
lu his report OF the celebrated ride
around NcD i"iian's army. Colonel I.ee
Says. should hko 20 call your at
trnuon 10 the conduct OF my adiutant
Lieutenant W. r. Robins who condurt.s
in very handsome manner the advance
or my regiment when q WEES in front.