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Descriptive roll entries
first roll, 1 to 18 first roll, 19 to 36 first roll, 37 to 54 first roll, 55 to 72 first roll, 73 to 90 first roll, 91-100 second roll, first page second roll, second page second roll, third page second roll, fourth page second roll, fifth page |
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[source: Descriptive book, company G, 91st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, National Archives and Records Administration]
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[Because the first line of each page is blank, these pages have only nine entries per page, unlike the other descriptive books]
[NAMES] William Spangler
[AGE.] 27
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 8 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Lt Brn
[HAIR.] Brown
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Carp[enter]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 9th 61
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Capt McAuther [?]
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Discharged for Disability April 17th /63 by order Genl Meade at camp near Falmouth [?] Va
[NAMES] William H. H. Hopkins
[AGE.] 21
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 6 1/4 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penn
[OCCUPATION.] Paint[er]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 9th 61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] Cap McAuther
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
Discharged for Disability April 28th /63 by order of Genl Schenck at Phila
[NAMES] Fredrick H. Henry
[AGE.] 21
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 11 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Carp[enter]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 9th 61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " " [sc. Cap McAuther]
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
Discharged for Disability August 27th 1864 at Phila Penna
[NAMES] John L. Evans
[AGE.] 30
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 8 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Labo[rer] [?]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 24 /61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] Capt Dye
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
[blank]
[NAMES] James Bennard [sic]
[AGE.] 42
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 4 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Hazel
[HAIR.] Grey
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Printer
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 10th 61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] Capt McAuther
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
Discharged on Surgeons certificate by order Genl Montgomery Feby 9th /63
[NAMES] Fredrick Lehman
[AGE.] 36
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 7 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Hazel
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Paint[er]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 10th 61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " " " [sc. Capt McAuther]
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
Transfered [sic] to Invalid corps September 30th 1863 at Washington D.C.
[NAMES] Nathan Heyser
[AGE.] 24
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 9 3/4 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Brown
[WHERE BORN.] Montg Co Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Wheelw[right]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 17th 61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] Cap Smith
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
Died at Sharpsburg Md Nov 6th 1862 of Typhoid Fever
[NAMES] James C. Sunderland
[AGE.] 18
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 8 1/4 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Brown
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penn
[OCCUPATION.] Paperh[anger]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 17th /61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " " " [sc. Cap Smith]
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
Discharged for disability Oct 3rd 1862
[NAMES] Amos Truman
[AGE.] 18
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 8 3/4 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Clerk
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 9th 61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] Cap McAuther
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
Discharged on Surgeons Certificate Nov 12 1863
[NAMES] John J. Trimble
[AGE.] 20
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 5 1/4 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Cecil Co Maryland [the place is written over something else]
[OCCUPATION.] Book ['Book' is written over something, and the rest is lost in the gutter]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Nov 1st 61
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] Lt Gregory ['Lt Gregory' is written over something else]
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Discharged Aug 20th 1862 by order of Gen Wadsworth he having received a commis at 1st Lt in 12th N.J.V.
[NAMES] Francis Higgins
[AGE.] 22
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 2 3/4 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Lt Brn
[WHERE BORN.] Wilmington Del
[OCCUPATION.] Coach [the rest is lost in the gutter; the visible part of the next letter does not look like an 'm']
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Oct 21st 61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] Capt Bell
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
Discharged Nov 2 /64 - Expiration of term of service
[NAMES] John Edgar Jr
[AGE.] 22
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 6 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Dk Brown
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Book [the rest is lost in the gutter; the visible part of the next letter looks like an 'f']
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Oct 9th 61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] Lieut Peirce
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
Mustered as 1st Lieut of Co. G to date from Nov 1st 1864
[NAMES] Robert Heberton
[AGE.] 27 [?]
[HEIGHT.] [blank]
[COMPLEXION.] [blank]
[EYES.] [blank]
[HAIR.] [blank]
[WHERE BORN.] [blank]
[OCCUPATION.] [blank]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 17 /61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. Lieut Peirce]
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
Mustered into Capt A J Sellers Co G 90th regt and entered by mistake on Capt E J S[ellers] roll of Co G 91st regt
[NAMES] Joseph Cook
[AGE.] 44
[HEIGHT.] 6 feet 2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] New Jersey
[OCCUPATION.] Teams[ter]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Oct 19th 61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] Lieut Murphy
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
Discharged on certificate of disability by Order of Maj Genl Sykes Feb 6th /63
[NAMES] Thomas E. Coyle
[AGE.] 18
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 4 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penn
[OCCUPATION.] Gr [the rest is lost in the gutter]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Oct 19th 61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] Lieut Murphy
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
[blank]
[NAMES] George Getz
[AGE.] 14
[HEIGHT.] 4 feet 7 1/1 [sic]
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penna
[OCCUPATION.] Dr [the rest is lost in the gutter]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Oct 19th 61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] Capt Gilbert
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
[blank]
[NAMES] Auman Ruben
[AGE.] 22
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 3 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Brown
[WHERE BORN.] Schyl haven Pennsylvania
[OCCUPATION.] B [the rest is lost in the gutter]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Nov 15th 61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] Leut Hall
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
Deserted August 19th /64 at Mower Hospital Phila Penna
[NAMES] Adamson James
[AGE.] 21
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 8 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Lancashire Eng
[OCCUPATION.] [most is lost in the gutter; it seem to begin 'Bl']
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 9th 61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] Cap McAuther
[TERM.] " [sc. 3 years]
[REMARKS.]
Discharged for disability Aug 8th 1862 by surgeon in Charge of Fairfax Seminary Hospital Va