Consolidated morning report, 91st PA, 20 December 1863

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CONSOLIDATED MORNING REPORT of Ninety First Regiment of Inft Penn. Vols. commanded by Colonel E. 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 December 20th 1863.			[blank]
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
		Battalion Staff Officers	1												1
		[In some reports, including 23 Oct 63, 'Battalion Staff' is crossed out, and something is written over it, perhaps 'Surgeon']
		Captains		1				1		1			1		4
		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	2	3	2	3	1		1	2		18
		[co.A has a '3' written over '2']
		Corporals		6		3	2	5	4	1	3	1	3		28
		[co.A has a '6' written over a '5']
		Saddlers
		[some morning reports--including 3 September's--have 'Bugler' written in.]
		Wagoners
		Field Music		2	1	1	1	1		2	1		2		11
		Artificers & Blacksmiths		1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1		2		15
		[In some morning reports, 'Artificers & Blacksmiths' is crossed out and 'Pioneers' written in]
		Privates		25	12	29	16	21	12	13	8	7	6		138
		[total = 149. co.F and co.G are written over other numbers]
		Recruits							4						4
Special duty		Commissioned Officers						1					1		1
Special duty		[total = 2. David Baker (E) (acting adjutant), William Carpenter (K) (commanding co.D)]
Extra and daily duty		Non-commissioned Officers
Extra and daily duty		Privates		3	1		1	1	1		1	3			11
Sick		Commissioned Officers	1												1
		Non-commissioned Officers		1							1				2
		Field Music
		Artificers, Blacksmiths, Saddlers &c.
		[some morning reports, including 10 March 1863's, have "In Hospital"]
		Privates		2		2	2	5	1	1	7	1			21
		[some morning reports, including 10 March 1863's, add "in quarters".]
In arrest or confinement		Commissioned Officers
		Non-commissioned Officers									1				1
		[John Wood (H)]
		Field Music
		Artificers, Blacksmiths, Saddlers and Wagoners
		Privates				1	2				2				5
Horses		Serviceable
		Unserviceable
		[some morning reports have 'Unserviceable' crossed out and 'Mules' written in]
Total commissioned			4	2	1	1		2	2	1	1	1	2		16
[total = 17]
Total enlisted			3	44	17	41	29	38	27	19	26	14	15		273

Absent			Field, Staff, and Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	Unas- signed	Total
On detached service		Commissioned Officers	2		1		1						1		5
On detached service		Enlisted Men		4	2	7	5	8	2	2	4	3	4		41
With leave		Commissioned Officers								2					2
		[Howard Shipley and James Closson]
		Enlisted Men					1	1				1			3
Without leave		Commissioned Officers
Without leave		Enlisted Men											1		1
Sick		Commissioned Officers	1												[1]
		[probably Benjamin Tayman]
		Enlisted Men		5	6	12	3	17	11	9	6	4	10		83
[in some reports, entries are written in the gutter, with 'In hospital' written in as the heading.]
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										1	1		2
Horses		Serviceable
Horses		Unserviceable
Total commissioned			[3]		1		1			2			1		5
[total=8]
Total enlisted				9	8	19	9	26	13	11	10	9	16		125
[The co.K entry could be '11' or '16'. The actual total is 16, which makes the total 130.]

Present & absent			Field, Staff, and Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	Unas- signed	Total
Commmissioned officers			7	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	3		25
Total enlisted			3	53	25	60	38	64	40	30	36	23	31		403
Aggregate			[10]	55	27	61	39	66	42	33	37	24	34		428
[The last digit of the total has several numbers written over each other.]
Aggregate last report			[10]	55	27	61	39	66	42	33	38	24	34		429
[the co.H entry is very hard to read]
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
		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									1				[1]
		Died Of Disease, &c.
		Missing In Action
		Deserted
Memoranda		Wounded In Action
		No. of Recruits required		45	75	38	60	32	58	68	62	73	67		[578]
		No. of Horses required		43	13	37	23	30	20	15	20	12	9		[222]
		[In some reports, "Guns" is written over "Horses required"]

Remarks (Alterations since last Report to be accounted for by name.)
[co.H] Privat [sic] [William H] Robert [died of] wound received in action dis Nov 22 1863

D. B. Baker
1st Lt + Act Adjutant.

Jos H Sinex
Lt Col Commanding the Regiment

Consolidated morning report, 20 December 1863