He enlisted under the alias James Clark (7).
He was 27 years old when he was enlisted (4, 5 [54, probably in 1892], 6 [54 probably in 1892]). He was born in Pennsylvania (5, 6).
He also served in the US Navy for nine months (5, 6, 7). He was a fireman (5, 6).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 24 December 1861 (1, 2, 4, 7). He was enlisted at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (4). He was mustered in as a corporal, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (4). He served in company D (1).
He was discharged on 8 January 1863, at Frederick, Maryland, on surgeon's certificate of disability (1, 2, 3, 4, 7 [17 Nov 62]). He was then a corporal (1, 3, 5). He had served for thirteen months (5, 6).
On 8 September 1892 he was admitted from Ohio to the National Soldiers' Home (5, 6). He was receiving a pension of $12 per month (5, 6). He had rheumatism (5, 6).
In 1893, he was present at the Central Branch of the National Soldiers' Home, in Dayton, Ohio (5).
He died in the Central Branch of the National Soldiers' Home on 3 August 1894 (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) (James Clark)
2 company D, list of non-commissioned officers (James Clarke)
3 company D, register of men discharged (James Clarke)
4 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 7 August 2004 (James Clark)
5 Report of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1893. Serial Set volume 3151, session volume 1, 53rd Congress, 1st Session (House Miscellaneous Document 35), pages 717 and 762
6 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.
7 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company D (and second card) (John N Hawkes alias James Clark)