91st Pennsylvania Infantry, company E, register of deserters

Date: 4 Dec 1861 to 10 Jul 1865
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

[This is a transcription of the Register of Deserters for company E of the 91st Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry (1861-1865)]

[A list of everything included in the 91st Pennsylvania's descriptive books, with links to transcriptions, is available here.]

[source: Descriptive book, company E, 91st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 94 (Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917)]

[transcribed by Harry A. Ide]

[This is not the original descriptive book. See Thomas Walter's description of the loss of the regimental records in November 1862. On 18 August 1863, the adjutant asked company commanders to give him a list of all commissioned officers in their company, with all changes since the company was organized, to enable him to produce a new regimental descriptive book (circular, HQ 91st PA, 18 August 1863).]

Register of Deserters.

No.	Names.	Rank.	When.	From Where.	Remarks.
1	Francis Mathiews	Private	Sept. 23d /61	Philad. Pa
2	John McKnight	" "	Oct. 8th /61	" " "
3	Samuel E. Conrad	Sergt.	May 1st /62	Washington D.C.	Returned to Duty under Presidents [sic] Proclimation [sic] December 1st /63
4	Francis O. Dell	" "	" "	" " "	" " " April /63
5	Franklin Braceland	Pvt	June 23d /64	Near Petersburg Va	Apprehended March 7th /64 By Spical [sic] Order N [The end of this line is in the gutter of the page and is illegible; according to the descriptive roll, it should be "Special Order No 60".] Hd. Qrt. 1st Divi 5th Corps all Pay to Be Deducted [for] time absent Deserted again June 23d /64 Near Petersbu[rg]
			May 18th /62	Washington D.C.
6	Francis Manniees	" "	" "	" " "
7	Thomas McGlinn	" "	Aug. 7th /62	Alexandria Va
8	John Stotsenburg	" "	Aug. 21st /62	" " "	Returned to Duty under Presidents [sic] Proclimation [sic] March 13th /63
9	Barney McNulty	" "	" "	" " "	" " " " "
10	Joseph Allison	" "	Aug 7th /62	" " "
11	Henry Frye	" "	Febr 10th /62	Philad Pa
12	Dennis McCarty	" "	May /63	Near Falmouth Va	Returned to Duty January 24th /64 tried By Court Martial Convened in Alexandria Va Sentence to Loose [sic] fifteen Dollars Per Month for fifteen Mos to Loose [sic] all Pay and allowances and make good all [time lost]
13	Hugh Callahan	" "	Feb 16th /64	Philad Pa
14	Michael J Burgen	" "	May /63	Near Falmouth Va	Returned to Regt Sept /64 By Order War Departm to be tried By Court Martial sentence to serve t [The rest of this word is in the gutter of the page and illegible; it should be "three".] Month [sic] after Original term and forfeit all Pay Due Sentence not to effect [sic] his Bounty served his term Discharg[ed]
15	Charles Haughey	Private	Aug 7th /62	Alexandria Va	apprihended [sic] Feb 4t /64 Pay Deducted for time absen[t] By Regt Order
16	James McFarland	" "	On Or about April 15th /63	Camp Parole
17	Robert Wooden	" "	July 29th /64	Saturlie [???] U.S.G.H. Phil Pa	apprehended Sept 4th /64 Returned to Regt for Duty By sentence Of Court Martial
18	Joseph H. Smith	Corpl	July 24th /64	Willmington [sic] Del	apprehended aug 2nd 64 Referd [sic] to Comp Comdt Returned to Du[ty]
19	Francis P. Donahue	" "	Dec 29th /64	Phila Penna	apprehended January 16th /65 at Phila Penna Returned to Regt f[or] Duty By sentence Of Court martial to Loss [sic] all Pay and allowances Now Due [crossed out words: and $10 Per Month for the Period Of six Months]
20	John L. Robinson	Pvt	June 1st /64	spotsylvania Va	apprehended Dec 20th /64 at Phila Pa Returned to his Regt for Duty By sentence of Court Martial to Loss [sic] all Pay and allowances for the Period Of 12 Months and Make Good all time Los[t]
21	John Garrity	" "	July 14th /64	Philad Penna	apprehended Oct 29 /64 at Phila Penna Returned to his Regt for Duty By Order sentence Court Martial to make good all [Some words seem to be lost in the gutter.]
22	Freman Kneedler	" "	March 9 [could be 17?] /65	McClellan U S Hosptl Phila	Readmitted to McClellan U.S. A. Gen Hosptl from Desert[ion] April 18th 1865
23	George Howarth	" "	April 25 /65	on the Campaign
24	Henry McWilliams	" "	" "	" " "
25	John Tagan	" "	" "	" " "	[According to Bates, he deserted on 26 April.]
26	Jas L Mahoney	" "	" "	" " "
27	William Gillmore	" "	May 23 /65	Washington DC	[According to Bates, he mustered out with his company.]