Consolidated morning report, 91st PA, 13 May 1863

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CONSOLIDATED MORNING REPORT of The Ninety First Regiment of Penn Vols commanded by Colonel [blank]

NOTE.--Regimental and Battalion Staff Officers, when belonging to companies, will be reported in such companies as "on detached service," and be accounted for in "Field and Staff." They will, however, be dropped from aggregate of "Present and Absent" in Field and Staff, and be accounted for in the aggregate of their respective companies.

Date May 13th 1863.
Companies			Field, Staff, and Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	Unas- signed	Total
Present
For duty		Field Officers	2												[2]
		Assistant Surgeon
		Regimental Staff Officers	1												[1]
		Battalion Staff Officers
		Captains		1	1		1			1			1		[5]
		First Lieutenants		1					1		1				[3]
		Second Lieutenants				1			1	1		1			[4]
		Regt'l Non-comm'd Staff	2												[2]
		Batt'n Non-Comm'd Staff
		Hospital Stewards	1												[1]
		First Sergeants		1	1	1					1	1			[5]
		Company Q.M. Sergeants
		Sergeants		3	1	1	2		2		3	1	3		[16]
		Corporals		1		3	4		3	2	1		2		[16]
		Saddlers
		Wagoners
		Field Music		2	1	1	1			2	2	1	2		[12]
		[The co.F and co.G entries have a blotch over them]
		Artificers & Blacksmiths				2	2		2	2	1	1	2		[12]
		[The co.C entry is covered by a blotch. some reports, including 25 March's, have 'Artificers & Blacksmiths' crossed out, and 'Pioneers' written in]
		Privates		28	2	20	3		18	2	2	9	3		[87]
		[The co.C entry is covered by a blotch and is almost impossible to read.]
		Recruits
Special duty		Commissioned Officers			1										[1]
Special duty		[Kayser was acting adjutant]
Extra and daily duty		Non-commissioned Officers
		Privates		2		1	1		1	3	2	2	2		[14]
		[the co.D entry has a blotch over it.]
Sick		Commissioned Officers
		Non-commissioned Officers					2						1		[3]
		Field Music
		Artificers, Blacksmiths, Saddlers &c.
		[some morning reports, including 10 March 1863's, have "In Hospital"]
		Privates				2									[2]
		[some morning reports, including 10 March 1863's, add "in quarters"]
In arrest or confinement		Commissioned Officers	1												[1]
		Non-commissioned Officers
		Field Music
		Artificers, Blacksmiths, Saddlers and Wagoners
		Privates		1											[1]
Horses		Serviceable
Horses		Unserviceable
Total commissioned			4	2	2	1	1		2	2	1	1	1		[17]
Total enlisted			3	38	5	31	15		26	11	12	15	15		[171]

Absent			Field, Staff, and Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	Unas- signed	Total
On detached service		Commissioned Officers	1		1		1	2							[5]
		[The co.A entry could be a '2'. The co.D entry is covered by a blotch.]
		Enlisted Men		12	15	14	21	43	2	16	20	1	5		[149]
		[The co.D and co.E entries are blotched and nearly impossible to read.]
With leave		Commissioned Officers	1												[1]
With leave		Enlisted Men		1							1		1		[3]
Without leave		Commissioned Officers
		Enlisted Men			1		1	2			3	1			[8]
		[Joseph Anten (B); Mayberry Warntz (H)]
Sick		Commissioned Officers				2					1				[3]
Sick		Enlisted Men	1	8	8	13	13	14	18	17	12	6	15		[125]
In hands of civil authority		Commissioned Officers
In hands of civil authority		Enlisted Men
In arrest or confinement		Commissioned Officers
		Enlisted Men			2		1					1			[4]
		[probably Henry Cooker (I)]
Horses		Serviceable
Horses		Unserviceable
Total commissioned			2		1	2	1	2			1				[9]
[The co.D entry is written over another number.]
Total enlisted			1	21	26	27	35	59	20	33	36	9	21		[288]
[The first digit of the co.D entry is written over another number. Co.D should be 36, and the total should be 289. Perhaps co.D had 1 fewer enlisted man present for duty than reported.]

Present & absent			Field, Staff, and Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	Unas- signed	Total
Commmissioned officers			6	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1		[26]
Total enlisted			4	59	31	58	50	59	46	44	48	24	36		[459]
Aggregate			10	61	34	61	52	61	48	46	50	25	37		[485]
Aggregate last report			10	61	33	61	52	61	48	47	51	25	37		[486]
Total of horses

Alterations since last report
G a i n	Commis'd officers	By Promotion or Appoint
	Commis'd officers	By Transfer			[1]										[1]
	Enlisted men	Recruits from Depots
		Enlisted in the Regiment
		Re-enlisted
		By Transfer
		From Missing In Action
		From Desertion
L o s s	Commis'd officers	Resigned or Disbanded
		Dismissed
		Transferred								1					[1]
		['Transferred' is crossed out and 'Assigned' is written in.]
		Missing In Action
		Died in action or of wounds received there
		Died of Disease &c.
	Enlisted men	Discharged Expiration of service
		Discharged For Disability									1				[1]
		Discharged By Sentence G.C.M.
		Discharged By Order
		Discharged By Civil Authority
		Transferred
		Died In action or of wounds received there
		Died Of Disease, &c.
		Missing In Action
		Deserted
Memoranda		Wounded In Action
		No. of Recruits required
		No. of Horses required

Remarks (Alterations since last Report to be accounted for by name.)

[Field staff and band] Adj [Benjamin] Tayman in Arrest by order Gen'l Tyler

[co.A] 13 men detailed as Cattle Guard. 16 men guarding [illegible word]
1 Sergt. + 8 Men Division H.Q.

[co.B] Lt. [Justus] Gregory + 14 men at duty Ambulance Corps. 2 on
Guard at Brigade H. Q. Lt. [Morris] Kayser returned to Co. and
assigned as actg Adjt

[co.C] company on picket Duty

[co.D] 15 men on duty at Ambulance Corp. 2 corp. 4 priv. duty at Brigade H. Q.

[co.E] Provost Guard at Division Head Quarters

[co.F] 1 Lt. 2 Corp. 17 men on Picket. 1 Corp 3 Priv. at Division H.Q.

[co.G] 14 Priv. detailed Brigade Wagoners 1 Corp. 4 Priv. Guard Div. H.Q.
Lt. [James] Closson assigned to co.H

[co.H] 15 Privates detailed at H.Q. as teamsters
Wm Mealy Discharged for Disability

[co.I] 2 priv. at (Guard) Brigade H.Q. Balance of Co. on Picket

[co.K] 2 priv. duty Brigade H.Q. 1 Corp. 5 Priv. division Guard

Morris Kayser
Actg Adjutant.

[blank]
Commanding the Regiment

Consolidated morning report, 13 May 1863