The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the

Medal of Honor

to

 

ROBERTSON, ROBERT S.

Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant, Company K, 93d New York Infantry. Place and Date: At Corbins Bridge, Va., 8 May 1864. Entered Service At: Argyle, N.Y. Birth: Argyle, N.Y. Date Of Issue: 2 August 1897.

Citation:

While acting as aide-de-camp to a general officer, seeing a regiment break to the rear, he seized its colors, rode with them to the front in the face of the advancing enemy, and rallied the retreating regiment.

 

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