91st PA: George Foster

During the war

He also served in company B of the 53rd Pennsylvania (1, 2, 3, 4). He enlisted and was mustered in as a private at Reading, Pennsylvania, on 1 February 1864 (3). He was discharged on 20 June 1865 by General Order of the War Department, dated 30 May 1865 (3).

He was a private in company A of the 91st Pennsylvania (1). (The index to compiled service records does not have a cross-reference from his service in B 53rd Pennsylvania (4).)

After the war

He applied unsuccessfully for a pension from Pennsylvania on 3 January 1881 (1, 2).

Sources

1 pension index, by regiment (George Foster)

2 pension index, by name (George Foster)

3 Civil War Veterans' card file, on ARIAS (accessed 15 November 2012) (George Foster)

4 index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania (George Foster)

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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.: [no entry]
index to compiled service records: the digitization on Fold3 does not have a George Foster who served in the 91st PA (or 191st, or 81st); the only George Foster I saw serving in company A of a Pennsylvania regiment was George D Foster in company A of the 83rd Pennsylvania Inf; a George D Foster did service in the 118th Pennsylvania Infantry (no company listed), but the cards did not refer to his having served in the 91st; accessed 26 Feb 15

index to compiled service records

[index to compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the state of Pennsylvania]
[transcribed 26 February 2015, from Fold3]

Foster George
Co. B, 53 Pennsylvania Inf.
Pvt | Pvt
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GENERAL INDEX CARD.

George Foster

Before the war

During the war

After the war

Sources

Sources checked unsuccessfully

index to compiled service records