He was 21 years old when he was enlisted (2, 3 [48 in ?1889], 5 [48 in ?1889]). He was born in Maryland (2, 3, 5).
He was a laborer (2).
He was 5 feet 8 inches tall, and had a fair complexion, grey eyes, and dark hair (2).
He was a substitute (1, 2). He was enlisted and mustered into service on 24 or 25 March 1865 (1 [24 Mar], 2 [25 Mar]). He was enlisted for one year, at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, by Captain Eyster (2). He reported for duty on 25 March 1865 (2). He served as a private in company D (1).
He mustered out with his company on 10 July 1865 (1). He had served for four months (5).
On 12 September 1889, he was admitted to the National Soldiers Home (3). He was admitted from Pennsylvania (3). He had a gunshot wound in the leg (3). He was receiving a pension of $6 per month (3).
In 1890, he was living in South Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania (4).
In 1890, he was living in the National Soldiers' Home in Elizabeth City County, Virginia (5). He had been admitted from Pennsylvania on 12 September 1880 (5). He had a gunshot wound of the leg (5). He was receiving a pension of $6 per month (5).
He died on 11 May 1894, in the Southern Branch of the National Military Home (3).
1 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. (In the roster) (Ephraim Banker)
2 company D, [second] descriptive roll, entry 73 (Ephriam [sic] Banker)
3 Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1894. Serial Set volume 3329, session volume 3, 53rd Congress, 3rd Session. House Miscellaneous Document 27 (in 2 parts). Page 747. (Ephr Bankard)
4 1890 US census, veterans' schedule, Pennsylvania, Lebanon County, South Lebanon, supervisor's district 4, enumeration district 83, page 3 (Ephraim Bankard)
5 Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890. Serial Set volume 2869, session volume 1, 51st Congress, 2nd Session. House Miscellaneous Document 38] (Ephr'm Bankard)
[I did not find an entry for him in the Ancestry index to the pension index by name (searched March 2007)]