Consolidated morning report, 91st PA, 31 August 1864

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CONSOLIDATED MORNING REPORT of The Ninety First Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers 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 August 31st 1864			Near 6 mile House Va
Companies			Field, Staff, and Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	Unas- signed	Total
Present
For duty		Field Officers
		Assistant Surgeon	1												1
		Regimental Staff Officers	2												2
		Battalion Staff Officers
		[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	1		1		6
		First Lieutenants						1							1
		Second Lieutenants				1		1	1	1		1			5
		Regt'l Non-comm'd Staff	1												1
		Batt'n Non-Comm'd Staff
		Hospital Stewards
		First Sergeants			1		1		1		1				4
		[co.K may have an erased '1']
		Company Q.M. Sergeants
		Sergeants			2	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1		15
		[co.A has an erased entry]
		Corporals		2		3	3	4	1	2	1	1	1		18
		Saddlers
		[some morning reports--including 3 September 1863's--have 'Bugler' written in.]
		Wagoners
		Field Music		1	1			1		1	1		1		6
		[co.C has a crossed-out '1'; the co.K entry is written over another number]
		Artificers & Blacksmiths		1			1				1		1		4
		[In some morning reports, 'Artificers & Blacksmiths' is crossed out and 'Pioneers' written in. In others (including 21 Feb 64), 'not mustered' is written over the words]
		Privates		26	10	19	20	26	9	7	12	11	26		166
		[the co.C and E entries are written over other numbers]
		Recruits
Special duty		Commissioned Officers	1	1	1										3
Special duty		[Edgar Gregory (F&S), Justus Gregory (B) was acting regimental quartermaster probably starting 26 June 1864]
Extra and daily duty		Non-commissioned Officers
		Privates		5	3	7	7	11	2	3	4	3	10		55
		[the co.C, D and E entries are written over other numbers]
Sick		Commissioned Officers
		Non-commissioned Officers		1	1		1				1				4
		[the co.D entry has an erased '1']
		Field Music
		Artificers, Blacksmiths, Saddlers &c.		6	2		3	2	1		1		3		18
		[co.C has an erased '1']
		[some morning reports, including 10 March 1863's, have "In Hospital"]
		Privates					3			1	1				5
		[some morning reports, including 10 March 1863's, add "in quarters".]
In arrest or confinement		Commissioned Officers
		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	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	1		18
Total enlisted			1	42	20	32	41	46	15	15	24	17	43		296
[the co.C and E 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
		[Theodore Snyder (K)--collecting conscripts, Phila.]
		Enlisted Men	1		1	1	1	2		1			1		8
		[Franklin B Miller (F&S)]
		[the co. B entry could be crossed out, and the co.E entry is written over a '3']
With leave		Commissioned Officers
With leave		Enlisted Men							2						2
Without leave		Commissioned Officers
		Enlisted Men				1	1								2
		[co.E has a crossed-out number]
Sick		Commissioned Officers	1						1		1				3
		[Henry Francis (F) and Joseph Jones (H)]
		Enlisted Men	2	31	15	18	27	27	14	13	14	12	28		201
		[these entries are almost completely illegible; I have reconstructed them from the other entries in the report]
[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
		Enlisted Men		2				1				2	1		6
		[John Knecht (A), Frederick Rhodes (A)]
Horses		Serviceable
Horses		Unserviceable
Total commissioned			1						1		1		1		4
Total enlisted			3	33	16	20	29	30	16	14	14	14	30		219
[the co. C, E, F, and G entries are written over other numbers]

Present & absent			Field, Staff, and Band	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	K	Unas- signed	Total
Commmissioned officers			5	2	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	1	2		22
Total enlisted			4	75	36	52	70	76	31	29	38	31	73		515
[the co.C, F, and G entries are written over other numbers]
Aggregate			9	77	37	53	71	79	33	31	40	32	75		537
[the co.C, F, and G entries are written over other numbers]
Aggregate last report			9	77	37	53	71	79	33	32	40	32	75		538
[the co.G entry is written over another number]
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
		Died Of Disease, &c.
		Missing In Action
		Deserted								1					1
Memoranda		Wounded in Action
		No. of Recruits required
		No. of Horses required
		[In some reports, "Guns" is written over "Horses required"]

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

[F&S]

[co.A]

[co.B]

[co.C]

[co.D]

[co.E]

[co.F]

[co.G] Pri Reuben Auman Deserted from Hospital Philada

[co.H]

[co.I]

[co.K]

[Unassigned]

B. J. Tayman
Adjutant.

Eli G. Sellers
Commanding the Regiment

Consolidated morning report, 31 August 1864