Descriptive roll entries
non-coms, 1-7 8 to 30 1 to 20 21 to 40 41 to 60 61 to 80 81 to 100 101 to 110 |
- summary of ages at enlistment
- summary of pre-war occupations
- summary of descriptions (height, complexion, eye and hair color, birthplace)
[I have proofread this file]
[source: Descriptive book, company D, 91st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, National Archives and Records Administration]
[I have made formatting changes to improve legibility.]
[NAMES] Lewis Hamilton
[AGE.] 18
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 4 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Allsburg Germany
[OCCUPATION.] Labour[er]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sep 30th
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Cap Dye
[NAMES] William P. Hagerman
[AGE.] 35
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 9 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Hazel
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Easton Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Coope[r]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sep [?] 15 /61 [written over something that is crossed out]
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] [blank]
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Tranfered [sic] by Regimental Order
[NAMES] Sylvester Harvey
[AGE.] [the rest of this entry is blank]
[HEIGHT.]
[COMPLEXION.]
[EYES.]
[HAIR.]
[WHERE BORN.]
[OCCUPATION.]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.]
[WHERE.]
[BY WHOM.]
[TERM.]
[REMARKS.]
[NAMES] George W Justice
[AGE.] 33
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Shoemake[r] [?] [I initially read this as 'stove maker', but reconsidered it after seeing his entry in the second descriptive roll. I now think what I read as the crossbar of the 't' is a stray mark, and 'Shoe' is the more likely reading.]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Nov 30
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Lieut Hall.
[NAMES] Joseph M Johnson
[AGE.] 32
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 5 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] Donagaul Ireland
[OCCUPATION.] Paint[er]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sep 11th
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Cap Starr
[NAMES] Mathias Kirkoff
[AGE.] 38
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 8 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] New Jersey Warren
[OCCUPATION.] Carpe[nter]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 15 /61
[WHERE.] [the rest is blank]
[BY WHOM.]
[TERM.]
[REMARKS.]
[NAMES] Israel Lazerous
[AGE.] 45
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet [blank] inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] London England
[OCCUPATION.] Varn [?] [the rest is lost in the binding]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Aug 20 /62
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Lieut Gregory
[TERM.] 3 yrs
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Coll [sic] Reiff
[NAMES] John McGeehen
[AGE.] 43
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 8 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Dark
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] Armagh Ireland
[OCCUPATION.] Wea[ver?]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sep 19th
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Cap Smith
[NAMES] John McCoy
[AGE.] 32
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 11 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] Antroro [?] Ireland
[OCCUPATION.] Labor[er]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Oct 14th
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Cap Sinex
[NAMES] John McCormick
[AGE.] 19
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 5 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] Baltimore Maryland
[OCCUPATION.] Cler[k]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Oct 31st
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Lt Diehl
[NAMES] James McKinney
[AGE.] 28
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 8 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Florid
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Brown
[WHERE BORN.] Enteem Ireland
[OCCUPATION.] Labo[rer]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Nov 5
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Cap Sinex
[NAMES] Cornelius Mahoney
[AGE.] 27
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 4 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] Munster [??] Ireland
[OCCUPATION.] Tobbaconist
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sep 25
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Cap Dye
[NAMES] Charles H Neide
[AGE.] 25
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 9 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Black
[WHERE BORN.] Down Ireland
[OCCUPATION.] Guil[der?]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sep 12th
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Cap Starr
[NAMES] James Nelson
[AGE.] 26
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 6 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] Yorkshire England
[OCCUPATION.] Labo[rer]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Augt 6 /62
[WHERE.] Harrisburg Penn
[BY WHOM.] Cap Lentz
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
[blank]
[NAMES] John Rusk
[AGE.] 19
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 3 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Light
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Butch[er]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Jan 15th
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Lt J. B. Diehl
[NAMES] David J Sheen [I originally read this as 'Skeen', and I'm not confident whether the second letter is 'k' or 'h']
[AGE.] 42
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 5 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Berks Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Blac[k]smith
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sep 27th
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Cap Dye
[NAMES] George Snyder
[AGE.] 36
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 5 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Brown
[WHERE BORN.] Trin [?] Germany
[OCCUPATION.] Farm[er]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sep 18th
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Cap Dye.
[NAMES] Henry C. Sinex
[AGE.] [blank]
[HEIGHT.] [blank]
[COMPLEXION.] [blank]
[EYES.] [blank]
[HAIR.] [blank]
[WHERE BORN.] [blank]
[OCCUPATION.] [blank]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sep 2d /62
[WHERE.] [the rest of this entry is blank]
[BY WHOM.]
[TERM.]
[REMARKS.]
[NAMES] William Tinney
[AGE.] 35
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 9 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Donagaul Ireland
[OCCUPATION.] Labor[er]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sep 23rd
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in the Service by Cap Dye.
[NAMES] Thomas Taylor
[AGE.] 25 [could be '35']
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 8 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] [illegible]
[WHERE BORN.] [illegible] Ireland
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible; seems to begin 'Lhir', with the rest lost in the binding]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Augt 6 /62
[WHERE.] [the rest of this entry is blank]
[BY WHOM.]
[TERM.]
[REMARKS.]
[NAMES] Jesse Wence
[AGE.] 32
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 4 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Hazel
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Mas [the rest is lost in the binding]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sep 30th
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Cap Sinex
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Cap Dye.
[NAMES] Sylvester Harvey
[AGE.] 26
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 4 1/4 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Brown [? B--- is clear]
[WHERE BORN.] Gloucester New Jersey
[OCCUPATION.] Mould[er]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] August 6th /62
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Lieut Gregory
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Lieut Gregory
[NAMES] George Bolon
[AGE.] 35
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 6 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Rudy [sic]
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Sandy
[WHERE BORN.] Ireland
[OCCUPATION.] Labor[er]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Feby [?] 20th [?]/64
[WHERE.] Philada
[BY WHOM.] Lieut H H Shipley
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Mustered in Service by Lieut Snyder
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