Consolidated morning report, 20 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 20th 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		x			1			1			1		3
		First Lieutenants		1					1	1			1		4
		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					1	1			4
		Company Q.M. Sergeants
		Sergeants		1	1	1	1	1	3				2		10
		Corporals		1		3	1	3	2	1	2	1	3		17
		[co.D's '1' may have been scribbled out.]
		Saddlers
		Wagoners
		Field Music		2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2		14
		Artificers & Blacksmiths		1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2		13
		[In some morning reports, 'Artificers & Blacksmiths' is crossed out and 'Pioneers' written in]
		Privates		20	13	19	14	19	12	13	9	8	5		132
		Recruits
Special duty		Commissioned Officers
Extra and daily duty		Non-commissioned Officers
		Privates		2		1	2					2	1		8
Sick		Commissioned Officers		1											1
		Non-commissioned Officers		1			1		1		1				4
		Field Music
		Artificers, Blacksmiths, Saddlers &c.
		[some morning reports, including 10 March 1863's, have "In Hospital"]
		Privates				1	1	1				1			4
		[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					1						2		3
		[probably John McCoy (D). Daniel Leidheiser (K)]
Horses		Serviceable
		Unserviceable
		[some morning reports have 'Unserviceable' crossed out and 'Mules' written in]
Total commissioned			4	2	1		1		2	3	1		2		16
Total enlisted			3	29	16	28	24	27	21	17	15	15	17		212
[The co.E and H entries are written over other numbers.]
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					1		5
		[Justus Gregory (B), James Diehl (D)]
		Enlisted Men		10	2	11	6	8	4	2	6	2	4		55
With leave		Commissioned Officers	1												1
		[Isaac Knight (hq)]
		Enlisted Men				1									1
		[probably Andrew Friend (C)]
Without leave		Commissioned Officers
		Enlisted Men						1					1		2
		[John Henry (E). John Groff (K)]
Sick		Commissioned Officers	1		1	2		1				1			6
		[Edgar Gregory (hq), Alpheus Bowman (B), James Delavan (C) and not Capt Theodore Parsons (C), who had died; Matthew Hall (E), John Donnell (I)]
		Enlisted Men	1	7	8	20	10	30	18	15	16	4	11		140
In hands of civil authority		Commissioned Officers
		Enlisted Men
In arrest or confinement		Commissioned Officers
		Enlisted Men
Horses		Serviceable
		Unserviceable
Total commissioned			3		2	2	1	2				1	1		12
Total enlisted			1	17	10	32	16	39	22	17	22	6	16		198
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	3	1	1	3		28
[The co.K entry is written over another number.]
Total enlisted			4	46	26	60	40	66	43	34	37	21	33		410
Aggregate			11	48	29	62	42	68	45	37	38	22	36		438
[The co.D entry is written over another number.]
Aggregate last report			11	48	29	62	42	68	45	36	39	23	34		437
Total of horses
Alterations since last report
G a i n	Commis'd officers	By Promotion or Appoint
		By Transfer								1			1		2
	Enlisted men	Recruits from Depots
		Enlisted in the Regiment
		Re-enlisted
		By Transfer
		From Missing In Action
		From Desertion											1		1
		[Co. K's '1' seems to have been crossed out, but the totals presuppose it.]
L o s s	Commis'd officers	Resigned or Disbanded
		Dismissed
		Transferred									1	1			2
		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		50	72	38	58	32	55	64	61	77	65		572
		No. of Horses required		30	14	36		45	21	15	23	13			[197]
		[In some mornin reports, 'Guns' is written over "Horses required"]

Remarks (Alterations since last Report to be accounted for by name.)
[for the picket detail, see special order 58, HQ 91st PA, 20 August 1863]

[co.C] Company on Picket Lieut [John] Brass on picket

[co.G] Lieut [James] Closson gained by Transfer

[co.H] Lieut [James] Closson lost by Transfer ["lost" is written over another word]

[co.I] Lieut [William] Carpenter losst [sic] by Transfer

[co.K] Company on Picket Capt [John] Cassner on Picket
Lieut [William] Carpenter gained by transfer
Private [George] Crouse gained from Desertion
[see special order 72, HQ 91st PA, 5 Sep 63, for his sentence.]

B. J. Tayman
Adjutant.

Jos H Sinex
Lt Col Commanding the Regiment