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Archival holdings about the 91st Pennsylvania


Brief list of National Archives records

The National Archives has literally thousands of pages relating to the 91st PA. They have six "regimental books" (about 200 pages each) and five archives boxes (500 to 1000 pages) specifically relating to the 91st. I have a copy of four regimental books, and part of one other.

Record Group 94: Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1780's-1917

Record Group 105

These letters sent by the Assistant Commissioner for Texas of the Bureau of Freedmen, Refugees, and Abandoned Lands, include letters written by Edgar Gregory.

Record Group 153 (Judge Advocate General, Army)

These records include court-martial files (for field and general courts martial).

More detailed listing of National Archives records

census

regimental letter, order, guard report, and furlough book

The earliest records in this are from June 1863. The 91st's headquarters wagon was captured in November 1862, with all their records. I do not know what happened to the records from then until June 1863. Tayman's request for information about commissioned officers on 18 August 1863 may suggest all regimental records were lost shortly before that.

order book, companies A-K, except D

descriptive books, companies A-E

company F-K descriptive books

regimental descriptive book and consolidated morning reports

court-martial files

[I may send for other court martial records.]

Some Historical Society of Pennsylvania records

See http://www.hsp.org/collections/guides/cwmss.html. I do not have copies of any of these records.

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