91st PA--National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1882

[source: Annual report of the Board of Managers of the National Soldiers Home, 30 December 1882 [for the fiscal year ending 30 June 1882]. Serial Set volume 2115, session volume 1, 47th Congress, 2nd Session, House Miscellaneous Document 13, page 378]
[see National Soldiers Home]
[I have proofread this page]

Name	Company	Rank	Length of service, months	Nativity	Age	Pension per month, dollars	Disability	When admitted	Status
91st Infantry:
Allen, John	G	P.	36	Ire.	60	...	diarrh.	27, 5, 80	C. pre.
Beatty, Patrick B	F	P.	15	Ire.	51	...	hemh'ds.	3, 5, 69	C. dis. 15, 1, 80.
Bernard, James	G	P.	27	Pa.	56	...	rheu.	5, 2, 68	C. dec. 27, 7, 69
Birmingham, Thomas	B	P.	11	Ire.	70	...	rheu.	20, 7, 76	C. pre.
Boyd, Andrew	H	P.	3	Ire.	83	6	rheu	3, 3, 80	C. dis. 29, 9, 80.
Bozier, Henry	K	P.	15	N.J.	23	18	l.r.a.	26, 2, 68	W. dis. 21, 3, 68.
Brittain, John H	A	P.	15	Pa.	27	18	l.l.a.	13, 1, 76	C. dis. 31, 5, 76.
Brown, Samuel M	I	P.	18	Pa.	39	...	loco. ataxia.	17, 11, 77	C. dec. 17, 4, 81.
[He seems actually to have served in the 191st PA]
Callahan, John	I	P.	41	Ire.	38	2	w.r.h.	27, 12, 78	S. pre.
Chism, James	B	P.	44	Ire.	50	3	w.r.a.	28, 1, 80	C. pre.
Collins, John	D	P.	45	Ire.	60	...	w.l.l.	26, 7, 67	C. pre.
Culbertson, Andrew	C	P.	18	Ire.	48	...	gen. deb.	10, 7, 67	E dis. 1, 9, 67.
Devine, James	B	P.	8	Ire.	51	12	inj. r.l.	7, 6, 76	C. pre.
Douglas, John H	G	P.	38	N.C.	37	18	l.r.l.	3, 11, 67	C dec 30, 6, 77.
Falls, John	A	P.	6	Pa.	53	8	w.l.s.	17, 12, 77	C. dis. 6, 7, 81.
Hewitt, Wm J	C	P.	15	Ire.	59	4	w. head.	3, 4, 79	C. pre.
Hollick, Geo	E	P.	8	Pa.	65	...	hernia.	5, 6, 77	C. pre.
Hughs, James	F	P.	10	Ire.	52	18	w.r.a.	26, 6, 74	C. pre.
Kane, John	K	P.	44	Ire.	60	...	w.r.s.	27, 7, 71	C. pre.
Lowery, Wm	E	P.	22	Eng.	58	8	hernia	23, 9, 74	C. pre.
McDermott, Alex'r	B	P.	43	Pa.	35	2	w. thighs	21, 12, 71	C. dis. 18, 6, 72.
McClarnen, John	H	P.	9	Pa.	25	...	hernia	13, 8, 71	E dis. 31, 3, 75.
McGuckin, Daniel	...	P.	10	Ire.	64	...	rheu.	15, 3, 67	C. dec. 1, 2, 79.
McGlency, Wm	E	P.	46	Ire.	48	...	dis. lungs.	30, 4, 78	C. dec. 8, 6, 78.
McGuckin, James	I	P.	16	Ire.	50	...	prolap. ani.	4, 10, 79	C. dec. 8, 5, 80.
Mettinger, Geo	B	P.	37	Pa.	32	...	paralysis.	2, 8, 70	C. pre.
Nelson, James	D	P.	33	Eng.	59	...	w.l.l.	24, 9, 77	C. pre.
Ott, George	C	P.	36	Pa.	59	4	w.l.l.	24, 12, 77	C. pre.
O'Kane, James	I	P.	38	Pa.	45	...	dis. brain.	16, 7, 70	C. dec. 7, 6, 72.
Owens, Edward	B	P.	6	Eng.	72	...	epilepsy.	3, 1, 71	C. pre.
Peale, Reuben	F	P.	17	Pa.	70	...	asthma.	11, 3, 79	W. pre.
Shultz, Daniel	D	P.	9	Pa.	63	...	hydrocele.	21, 1, 80	C. dis. 16, 6, 81.
Smith, Joseph E.	C	P.	37	Pa.	52	6	w.r.a.	5, 11, 80	C. pre.
Sprowl, Wm	G	P.	9	Ire.	57	...	var. v.	5, 11, 74	E. dec. 18, 6, 79.
Steinmetz, John	D	P.	23	Ger.	49	...	w. head.	6, 2, 69	S. to G. I. A. 12, 3, 79.
[I suspect he is the John Steinmetz who served in the 90th Pennsylvania]
Thomas David B	...	P.	42	Pa.	56	...	rheu.	18, 7, 76	S. pre.
Vance, William	K	P.	36	Ire.	34	18	l.l.a.	2, 10, 78	C. pre.
Walter, John F	B	P.	36	Ger.	57	2	w.l.l.	9, 9, 80	C. pre.
Williams, John	F	P.	48	Pa.	56	...	w. legs	27, 11, 74	S. pre.
Wood, Mansfield	C	P.	27	Pa.	47	4	w.r.h.	25, 12, 71	W. dis. 1,8, 78.

[some abbreviations, from page 127]
dates are day, month, year

deb = debility
dis = disease
gen = general
l.l.a. = loss left arm
l.r.a. = loss right arm
loco ataxia = [presumably locomotor ataxia, see Wikipedia article (linked 23 March 2006)]
prolap ani = prolapsus ani [prolapse of the anus]
rheu = rheumatism
var v = varicose veins
w = wounds
w l a = wounds left arm
w l l = wounds left leg
w l s = wounds left shoulder or side?
w l th = wounds left thigh
w r a = wounds right arm
w r h = wounds right h [presumably hand ?]
w r s = wounds right shoulder or side?

C = Central Branch
E = Eastern Branch
S = Southern Branch
W = North-Western Branch
GIA = Government Insane Asylum

dec = deceased
dis = discharged
pre = present

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