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Descriptive roll entries
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[source: Descriptive book, company H, 91st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, National Archives and Records Administration]
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[The occupations are lost in the binding]
[NAMES] John Brown
[AGE.] 44
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 7 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Sandy
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] [illegible--it pretty clearly ends in 'y', but I can't read the other letters]
[WHERE BORN.] Manchester, England
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 10
[WHERE.] Philadelphia
[BY WHOM.] Chas S Brown [?]
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
No of Gun 42
Discharged for disability at Camp near Falmouth Va March 20th /63
[4 illegible words; the first may be 'Rifles']
[NAMES] Noah Mahlon
[AGE.] 31
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 5 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Dark
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] Staffordshire " [sc. England]
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 10 /61
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. Chas Brown]
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
No of Gun 61
Transferred to Invalid Corps
[NAMES] Peter Robinson
[AGE.] 23
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 6 3/4 inches
[COMPLEXION.] " [sc. Dark]
[EYES.] " [sc. Dark]
[HAIR.] " [sc. Dark]
[WHERE BORN.] Alegheny [?] New York
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 10
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. Chas Brown]
[TERM.] 3 " [sc. years]
[REMARKS.]
[NAMES] John P Miller
[AGE.] 26
[HEIGHT.] 6 ft [?]
[COMPLEXION.] light
[EYES.] light
[HAIR.] light
[WHERE BORN.] [blank]
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 10
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. Chas Brown]
[TERM.] 3 " [sc. years]
[REMARKS.]
Gun 624 [the '4' may be erased]
discharged August 8th for disability by order Genl Montgomery
[NAMES] Joseph Jones
[AGE.] 19
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 7 inches
[COMPLEXION.] light
[EYES.] " [sc. light]
[HAIR.] " [sc. light]
[WHERE BORN.] Philadelp Pennsylv
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 10
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. Chas Brown]
[TERM.] 3 " [sc. years]
[REMARKS.]
one Rifle no 78
Discharged for disability
[NAMES] Martin M Jones
[AGE.] 44
[HEIGHT.] 6 ft [?]
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Black
[WHERE BORN.] Warford Ireland
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 10
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. Chas Brown]
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
No Gun 107
Discharged for disability at camp near Falmouth Va March 20th 1863
[NAMES] Samuel Black
[AGE.] 32
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 11 inches
[COMPLEXION.] light
[EYES.] light
[HAIR.] light
[WHERE BORN.] " " [sc. Warford Ireland]
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 10
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. Chas Brown]
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
[blank]
[NAMES] Stephen Eastwick
[AGE.] 27
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 6 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Pennsylvania
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 17
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] [blank]
[TERM.] [blank]
[REMARKS.]
Dismissed from the Service
[NAMES] John Keyes
[AGE.] [illegible]
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 10 inches
[COMPLEXION.] light
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] " [sc. light]
[WHERE BORN.] Tyrone Ireland
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 18 /61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] Col Burr [?]
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
one Rifle 1033 617 ['1033' is crossed out]
Died in Hospital from wounds received in Action June 18th /64 near Petersburg Va
[NAMES] Robert J. Rowan
[AGE.] 19
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 5 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Grey
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Penn
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 19
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] " " [Col Burr?]
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Discharged by expiration of Term
[NAMES] George W. Davis
[AGE.] 20
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 5 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Hazel
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Pennsylvania
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 19
[WHERE.] Phila
[BY WHOM.] [illegible]
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
No of Gun 75
Discharged for Disability
[NAMES] Andrew Steinmetz
[AGE.] 22
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 8 inches
[COMPLEXION.] " [sc. Dark]
[EYES.] " [sc. Hazel]
[HAIR.] " [sc. Dark]
[WHERE BORN.] Salem, New Jersey
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 19
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. ?]
[TERM.] 3 " [sc. years]
[REMARKS.]
No of Gun 1
Died in Hospital at Washington DC Oct 18th [1864]
[NAMES] James R. Tyson [perhaps Isaac R Tyson]
[AGE.] 42
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 11 inches
[COMPLEXION.] " [sc. Dark]
[EYES.] light
[HAIR.] " [sc. Dark]
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Pa
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 22
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. ?]
[TERM.] 3 " [sc. years]
[REMARKS.]
one Rifle No 16
[NAMES] John Sommers
[AGE.] 18
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 9 [?] inches ['9' is written over another number and is hard to read]
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Black
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Pa
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] " [sc. Sept] 23 /61
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. ?]
[TERM.] 3 " [sc. years]
[REMARKS.]
No of Gun 67
[NAMES] Chas. Henry
[AGE.] [blank]
[HEIGHT.] [blank]
[COMPLEXION.] [blank]
[EYES.] [blank]
[HAIR.] [blank]
[WHERE BORN.] [blank]
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] [blank]
[WHERE.] [blank]
[BY WHOM.] [blank]
[TERM.] [blank]
[REMARKS.]
Promoted to 2nd Lieut and mustered By Lieut Peirce U.S.A. November 25th 1861
Resigned from the service April 28th /63 [?]
[NAMES] William Hare
[AGE.] 44
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 9 1/2 inches
[COMPLEXION.] light
[EYES.] Hazel
[HAIR.] Grey
[WHERE BORN.] Phila Pennsylvania
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] " [sc. Sept] 20
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. ?]
[TERM.] 3 " [sc. years]
[REMARKS.]
one Rifle no 29
[NAMES] James Thompson
[AGE.] 22 [written over another number]
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 6 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] light
[HAIR.] Light
[WHERE BORN.] Port Elizabeth, New Jersey
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] " [sc. Sept] 24
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. ?]
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
One Rifle No 1110 No 3 ['1110' is crossed out]
Died from wounds received in action June 18th /64 near Petersburg Va
[NAMES] John Falls
[AGE.] 36
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 5 inches
[COMPLEXION.] Dark
[EYES.] Blue
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] Monaghan [?] Ireland
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] " [sc. Sept] 24
[WHERE.] " [sc. Phila]
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. ?]
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
[blank]
[NAMES] Silas Charmelia
[AGE.] 19
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 4 inches ['1' is crossed out between '5' and '4']
[COMPLEXION.] Light
[EYES.] Hazel
[HAIR.] Dark
[WHERE BORN.] Cape May Co, New Jersey
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] Sept 24
[WHERE.] Philada
[BY WHOM.] [blank]
[TERM.] [blank]
[REMARKS.]
one Rifle No 19
Died in Hospital Washington D.C.
[NAMES] John Wood
[AGE.] 32
[HEIGHT.] 5 feet 7 inches
[COMPLEXION.] dark
[EYES.] Hazel
[HAIR.] Black [written below a crossed-out 'Black']
[WHERE BORN.] New York, New York [written below a crossed-out 'Monaghan, Ireland']
[OCCUPATION.] [illegible]
[ENLISTMENT.]
[WHEN.] " [sc. Sept] 25
[WHERE.] [blank]
[BY WHOM.] " [sc. ?]
[TERM.] 3 years
[REMARKS.]
Discharged for Disability at McClellan Hosp, Phila
He was a Government Loafer + ought to have been Court Martialed + shot for Cowardice long ago