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91st Pennsylvania Infantry, Descriptive Books

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Date: 4 Dec 1861 to 10 Jul 1865
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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[This lists the contents of the regimental and company descriptive books for the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry (1861-1865), and links to the transcriptions. Note that the lists are not complete. -- Harry A. Ide]

[source: National Archives and Records Administration, record group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780s-1917]

Contents

regimental

Regimental Descriptive Book

Company A

Register of men transferred [1 manuscript page]
List of commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
List of non-commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
Register of men discharged [2 manuscript pages]
Register of men paroled [1 manuscript page]
Register of deaths [1 manuscript page]
Register of deserters [1 manuscript page]
Descriptive roll [187 entries; 38 manuscript pages]
one page that is illegibly light on my microfilm copy; it may list men who owe money for lost property (as in company B)

Company B

first descriptive book
List of commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
List of non-commissioned officers [2 manuscript pages]
Register of deaths [1 manuscript page]
Descriptive roll [5 manuscript pages, entries 1-43]
Descriptive roll [8 manuscript pages, numbers 1-74]
[men who owed the government for lost equipment]
second descriptive book
List of commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
List of non-commissioned officers [2 manuscript pages]
Register of men discharged [1 manuscript page]
Register of deserters [1 blank manuscript page]
Descriptive roll [26 manuscript pages, entries 1-112]

Company C

List of commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
List of non-commissioned officers [2 manuscript pages]
Register of men transferred [1 manuscript page]
Register of men discharged [1 manuscript page]
Register of deaths [1 manuscript page]
Register of deserters [1 manuscript page]
Descriptive roll [189 entries, 19 manuscript pages]
four manuscript pages, perhaps listing status when the regiment mustered out

Company D

List of commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
List of non-commissioned officers [2 manuscript pages]
Register of men transferred [2 manuscript pages]
Register of men discharged [3 manuscript pages]
Register of deaths [2 manuscript pages]
Register of deserters [3 manuscript pages]
Descriptive roll 1 [6 manuscript pages, 39 entries]
Descriptive roll 2 [11 manuscript pages, 110 entries]

Company E

List of Commissioned Officers
List of Non-Commissioned Officers
Register of Men Transferred
Register of Men Discharged
Register of Deaths
Register of Deserters
Descriptive Roll

Company F

List of commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
List of non-commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
Register of men transferred [1 manuscript page]
Register of men discharged [2 manuscript pages]
Register of deaths [1 manuscript page]
Register of deserters [1 manuscript page]
First descriptive roll [12 manuscript pages, 114 entries]
Second descriptive roll [5 manuscript pages, 47 entries]

Company G

List of commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
List of non-commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
Register of men transferred [1 manuscript page]
Register of men discharged [3 manuscript pages]
Register of deaths [1 manuscript page]
Register of deserters [1 manuscript page]
Descriptive roll [10 manuscript pages, 100 entries]
Second descriptive roll [5 manuscript pages]

Company H

List of commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
List of non-commissioned officers [2 manuscript pages]
Register of men transferred [2 manuscript pages]
Register of men discharged [2 manuscript pages]
Register of deaths [1 manuscript page]
Register of deserters [1 manuscript page]
Descriptive roll [20 manuscript pages, 194 entries]

Company I

List of commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
List of non-commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
Register of men transferred [1 manuscript page]
Register of men discharged [1 manuscript page]
Register of deaths [1 manuscript page]
Register of deserters [1 manuscript page]
Descriptive roll [12 manuscript pages, 116 entries]

Company K

List of commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
List of non-commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
Register of men transferred [1 manuscript page]
Register of men discharged [1 manuscript page]
Register of deaths [1 manuscript page]
Register of deserters [1 manuscript page]
First descriptive roll [17 manuscript pages, 93 entries]
Second descriptive roll [1 manuscript page, 11 entries]
Third descriptive roll [11 manuscript pages, 108 entries]
Second list of commissioned officers [1 manuscript page]
Second list of non-commissioned officers [2 manuscript pages]
Second list of men discharged [1 manuscript page]
Second register of deaths [1 manuscript page]
Second list of deserters [1 manuscript page]
Fourth descriptive roll [24 manuscript pages, 87? entries]




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