91st PA: John Bingham

During the war

He enlisted and was mustered into service on 3 October 1861. He enlisted at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was mustered in as a private, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a private in company D. [sources: 1, 2, 3, 4]

He is listed on the company muster-in roll, dated 7 October 1861, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [source: 4]

He is listed on a company muster roll from 11 September to 31 October 1861. The roll does not state whether he was present or absent. [source: 4]

He is listed as deserted on a company muster roll from 11 September to 31 December 1861. [source: 4]

He was not on the muster-out roll when the regiment mustered out. [source: 1]

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) (John Bingham)

2 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available on ARIAS at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 8 Aug 2004 (John Bingham)

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

4 compiled military service record, D 91 PA (John Bingham)

Sources checked unsuccessfully

pension index by name: Ancestry index (accessed March 2007)
1890 US census, veterans' schedules: Ancestry index (accessed June 2007)--but one John Bingham in Maryland had no identifying information
other US census records, 1850-1940: multiple candidates are available; with only an (approximate!) date of birth I can't determine which might be he
Pennsylvania veterans burial cards, 1777-1999: Ancestry index (accessed 28 November 2013)
records of headstones of deceased Union veterans, 1879-1903: FamilySearch index (accessed 28 November 2013)
headstone applications for US military veterans, 1925-1949: FamilySearch index (accessed 28 November 2013)
Find a grave: searched for John Bingham buried in Pennsylvania (accessed 28 November 2013); none of the entries referred to service in the 91st PA

index to compiled service records

[index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania]
[transcribed 16 Mar 2014, from Fold3]

Bingham John
Co. D., 91 Pennsylvania Inf.
Pvt | Pvt.
See also [blank]

GENERAL INDEX CARD.

compiled service record

[compiled military service record, D 91 PA, John Bingham]
[transcribed 28 June 2015, from two images, obtained from National Archives and Records Administration]

[image 1]

222
Bingham John
Co. D, 91 Pennsylvania Inf.
Private | Private
CARD NUMBERS.
1 22046029
2 22046113 [?]
3 22046288
[the rest of the card numbers are blank]

Number of personal papers herein 0
Book Mark: [blank]
See also [blank]

[image 2, which consists of 3 cards]

[card 1]

B | 91 | Pa.
John Bingham
Pvt., Co. D, 91 Reg't Pennsylvania Inf.
Appears on
Company Muster Roll
for Sept 11 to Dec 31, 1861.
Present or absent [blank]
Stoppage, $[blank]
Due Gov't, $[blank]
Remarks: Deserted
Whereabouts not known

Not on Co muster out roll

Book mark: [blank]

Hathaway Copyist.

[card 2]

B | 91 | Pa.
John Bingham
Pvt., Co. D, 91 Reg't Pennsylvania Inf.
Appears on
Company Muster Roll
for Sept 11 to Oct 31, 1861.
Present or absent not stated
Stoppage, $[blank]
Due Gov't, $[blank]
Remarks: [blank]

Book mark: [blank]
Hathaway Copyist.

[card 3]

B | 91 | Pa.
John Bingham
Pvt., Co. D, Colonel Gregory's Reg't Pa. Inf.*
Age 19 years
Appears on
Company Muster-in Roll
of the organization named above. Roll dated
Phila. Pa., Oct 7, 1861.
Muster-in to date Oct 3, 1861.

Joined for duty and enrolled:
When Oct. 3, 1861.
Where Phila. Pa.
Period 3 years.

Bounty paid $[blank]; due $[blank]

Remarks: [blank]

* This organization subsequently became Co. D, 91 Reg't Pa. Infantry.

Book mark: [blank]
Hathaway Copyist.

John Bingham

Before the war

During the war

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