91st PA: William Armstrong

During the war

He enlisted and was mustered into service on 17 September 1861. He enlisted at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was mustered in, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a private in company I. [sources: 1, 2 (2 Oct), 3]

He deserted on 11 December 1861, from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a private, in company I. [sources: 1, 2, 3]

Sources

1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (William Armstrong)

2 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 28 March 2005 (Wm. Armstrong)

3 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (William Armstrong)

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pension index by name: Ancestry index (accessed September 2006)
Pennsylvania veterans burial cards: Ancestry index (accessed 3 April 2012); several had almost no identifying information
Pennsylvania veterans burial cards: Ancestry index (accessed 3 April 2012)
1850 US census: searching the FamilySearch index for William Armstrong's born 1840-41 yielded 468 entries (accessed 28 June 2012)
1860 US census: searching the FamilySearch index for William Armstrong's born 1840-41 yielded 105 entries (accessed 28 June 2012)
1870 US census: searching the Ancestry index for William Armstrong born 1841+/- 1 yielded 1,709 entries (accessed 28 June 2012)
1880 US census: searching the FamilySearch index for William Armstrong's born 1840-41 yielded 107 entries (accessed 28 June 2012)
1890 US census, veterans schedule: searching the Ancestry index for William Armstrong (exact) yielded 88 entries; because of the very low probability of finding him, I did not look through them all, but none of the William Armstrong's in Pennsylvania listed service in the 91st PA (accessed 28 June 2012)
1900 US census: searching the FamilySearch index for William Armstrong's born 1840-41 yielded 144 entries (accessed 28 June 2012)
1910 US census: searching the FamilySearch index for William Armstrong's born 1840-41 yielded 78 entries (accessed 28 June 2012)
1920 US census: searching the FamilySearch index for William Armstrong's born 1840-41 yielded 45 entries (accessed 28 June 2012)
1930 US census: searching the FamilySearch index for William Armstrong's born 1840-41 yielded 14 entries (accessed 28 June 2012)

William Armstrong

Before the war

During the war

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