Consolidated morning report, 91st PA, 8 August 1863

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CONSOLIDATED MORNING REPORT of The Ninety First Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers commanded by Colonel Edgar M. Gregory

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 Aug 8th 1863.			Camp near Beverly Ford Va
Companies			Field, Staff, and Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	Unas- signed	Total
Present
For duty		Field Officers	1												1
		Assistant Surgeon	1												1
		Regimental Staff Officers	2												2
		Battalion Staff Officers
		Captains		1			1			1			1		4
		First Lieutenants							1		1	1			3
		Second Lieutenants			1					1	1				3
		Regt'l Non-comm'd Staff	3												3
		Batt'n Non-Comm'd Staff
		Hospital Stewards
		First Sergeants				1					1				2
		Company Q.M. Sergeants
		Sergeants			1	1	1	2	2			1	2		10
		Corporals		1		2	2	3	2	1	2	1	3		17
		Saddlers
		Wagoners
		Field Music		2	1	1	2	1		2	1		2		12
		Artificers & Blacksmiths		2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2		16
		[In some morning reports, 'Artificers & Blacksmiths' is crossed out and 'Pioneers' written in]
		Privates		18	13	14	14	17	13	11	8	9	6		123
		[the co.G and co.K entries are written over another number.]
		Recruits
Special duty		Commissioned Officers		1					1						2
Extra and daily duty		Non-commissioned Officers
Extra and daily duty		Privates		2			2					1	1		6
Sick		Commissioned Officers
		Non-commissioned Officers				1			1						2
		Field Music
		Artificers, Blacksmiths, Saddlers &c.
		[some morning reports, including 10 March 1863's, have "In Hospital"]
		Privates		1			1	3		2		1	1		9
		[some morning reports, including 10 March 1863's, add "in quarters".]
In arrest or confinement		Commissioned Officers			1										1
		[Morris Kayser (B)]
		Non-commissioned Officers
		Field Music
		Artificers, Blacksmiths, Saddlers and Wagoners
		Privates
Horses		Serviceable
		Unserviceable
		[some morning reports have 'Unserviceable' crossed out and 'Mules' written in]
Total commissioned			4	2	2		1		2	2	2	1	1		17
Total enlisted			3	26	16	22	24	28	20	17	13	14	17		200
[the co.K entry is written over '16']

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					1		4
		[James Diehl (D)]
		Enlisted Men		10	2	19	6	8	4	4	8	2	4		67
With leave		Commissioned Officers	1												1
With leave		Enlisted Men
Without leave		Commissioned Officers
		Enlisted Men						1							1
		[John Henry (E)]
Sick		Commissioned Officers	1		1	2		1				1			6
		[Edgar Gregory (hq), Alpheus Bowman (B), 1st lt James Delavan (C), Edward Maguigan (C), and not Capt Theodore Parsons (C), who had died; Matthew Hall (E), John Donnell (I)]
		Enlisted Men	1	8	10	19	11	29	19	14	16	5	11		143
		[Some numbers are hard to read.]
In hands of civil authority		Commissioned Officers
In hands of civil authority		Enlisted Men
In arrest or confinement		Commissioned Officers
In arrest or confinement		Enlisted Men
Horses		Serviceable
Horses		Unserviceable
Total commissioned			3		1	2	1	2				1	1		11
[The co.D entry is covered by a blotch]
Total enlisted			1	18	12	38	17	38	23	18	24	7	15		211
[The co.H entry is written over another number]

Present & absent			Field, Staff, and Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	Unas- signed	Total
Commmissioned officers			7	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2		28
Total enlisted			4	44	28	60	41	66	43	35	37	21	32		411
Aggregate			11	46	31	62	43	68	45	37	39	23	34		439
Aggregate last report			11	46	31	62	43	68	45	37	38	23	34		438
Total of horses

Alterations since last report
G a i n	Commis'd officers	By Promotion or Appoint
	Commis'd officers	By Transfer
	Enlisted men	Recruits from Depots
		Enlisted in the Regiment
		Re-enlisted
		By Transfer
		From Missing In Action									1				1
		From Desertion
L o s s	Commis'd officers	Resigned or Disbanded
		Dismissed
		Transferred
		Missing In Action
		Died in action or of wounds received there
		Died of Disease &c.
	Enlisted men	Discharged Expiration of service
		Discharged For Disability
		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		54	70	38	57	32	55	64	61	77	65		573
		[The co.G and K entries are very hard to read]
		No. of Horses required
[written vertically in the "No. of Horses required" column:] 221 Guns

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

[hq] Surg. [Isaac] Knight ordered to Washington for Medical treatment by S.O. 207 H. Q. Army of Potomac Aug. 4th 1863

[co.B] Capt. [Alpheus] Bowman received permission to fall to the rear July 2nd /63 not since been heard from

[co.C] 1 corpl 8 privates detailed to guard supply train reported on detached service
Lieut [Edward] Maguigan ordered to Washington for [illegible; perhaps 'Med' ?] treatment by S.O. Nr 160 Arm P July 29 [?]
Lieut Maguigan has been absent since the Battle of [illegible word, apparently ending in -ly] received [?] nothing official [?] since [illegible words] [Maguigan was reported present for duty on 10 June. The 11 June report has no entries for company C. He was reported present sick on 28 and 30 July. He was reported absent sick on 1 August.]

[co.E] Musician [John] Henry [?] sent to Hospital with Capt [Matthew] Hall July 2nd not since been heard from

[co.H] Wm [?] H Roberts gained from missing in action Corpl [Samuel] Sweeny [?] and 4 privates detailed to Guard Supply train reported on detached service

B. J. Tayman
Adjutant.

Jos H Sinex
Lt Col Commanding the Regiment

Consolidated morning report, 8 August 1863