Col. Jo. Robbins, 3rd Alabama Cavalry

Confederate Veteran
Volume, Number 2, Page 77
February 1899

Col. Jo. Robins, Peachtree, Wilcox County, Ala., commanded the Third Alabama Cavalry. He entered the army early in 1861 as Captain of a cavalry company. In the battle of Shiloh the fight was opened by Ketchum's Battery, supported by his company. He served with Gen. Joe Wheeler until very near the close of the war, and, it is said, "was in every fight and skirmish" until he was wounded in the right shoulder at Monroe Farm, about nineteen miles from Fayetteville, N. C. He had many narrow escapes, and had but one furlough during the four years. Though now seventy three years of age, he retains much of the energy of his youth. The Wilcox New Era mentions him as "a model for young America in the crowning virtues of temperance, justice, and fortitude."