91st PA--act of 14 April 1890

Assumed names

[source: Statutes at large, volume 26, page 55]
[at least one man who served in the 91st took advantage of this: the War Department issued a revised discharge for Benjamin Day (alias John Brown) on 6 December 1892]
[see also aliases in the 91st Pennsylvania]


CHAP. 80--An act for the relief of soldiers and sailors who enlisted or served under assumed names, while minors or otherwise, in the Army or Navy, during the war of the rebellion.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to issue certificates of discharge or orders of acceptance of resignation, upon application and proof of identity, in the true name of such person as enlisted or served under assumed names, while minors or otherwise, in the Army and Navy during the war of the rebellion, and were honorably discharged therefrom. Applications for said certificates of discharge or amended orders of resignation may be made by or on behalf of persons entitled to them; but no such certificate or order shall be issued where a name was assumed to cover a crime or to avoid its consequence.

Approved, April 14, 1890.


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