He was 18 years old when he was enrolled (3).
He was a substitute (1, 3). He was enlisted and mustered into service on 23 March 1865 (1, 3, 4, 6). He was mustered in as a private at Reading, Pennsylvania (3). He served as a private in company B (1).
He may have been charged for lost equipments, perhaps when the regiment mustered out (2).
He mustered out with his company on 10 July 1865 (1, 3, 4 [15 Jul], 6).
In 1890, he was living in Douglass Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania (post office Pine Iron Works) (4).
On 17 July 1899, he successfully applied from Pennsylvania for a pension (5, 6).
He again applied for a pension on 9 February 1907 (6).
He died on 2 [?] December 1915 [?] (6).
On 24 December 1918, his widow, Sallie Ann Y Boyer, successfully applied from Pennsylvania for a pension (5, 6).
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) (Jeremiah M Boyer)
2 list of men who owed money [?] (JM Boyer or J Boyer [uncertain which is this person])
3 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 23 June 2004 (Jeremiah M Boyer)
4 1890 US census, veterans' schedule, Pennsylvania, Berks County, Douglass Township, supervisor's district 130, enumeration district 18, page 1 (Jeremiah Boyer)
5 pension index, by name (Jeremiah M Boyer)
6 pension index, by regiment (Jeremiah M Boyer)