Julius Alexander Robbins, student 1851-1852

Robbins, younger brother of William McKendree Robbins, attended the University of North Carolina after R-MC. He was a lawyer in Selma, Alabama at the beginning of the war as was his brother William. He enlisted as a private in Co. D of the 8th Alabama Infantry on May 10, 1861. He served as captain and Assistant Quartermaster in the 8th AL Infantry from June 1861 until resigning the role of Assistant Quartermaster on September 30, 1863. His resignation letter indicates his desire to avenge three of his brothers who had been killed in battle by that date.  He would be the fourth of the 6 Robbins brothers to die in battle. He was killed June 9, 1864 at Mount Sterling, KY during a raid by General John Hunt Morgan's cavalry on Union forces in the town. Although his body was not recovered, his family erected a memorial stone at Hopewell United Methodist Church Cemetery in Trinity, NC. It is not known when or where he joined Morgan's Raiders.