He was born in Shippen [?], Cameron [?] County, Pennsylvania (3). He was 19 years old when he was enlisted (3).
He was a boatman when he was enlisted (3).
He was 5 feet 6 inches tall, and had a dark complexion, blue eyes, and light hair (3).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 15 November 1861 (1, 3). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Lieutenant Hall (3). He served as a private in company F (1).
He died of measles, at Camp Stanton, District of Columbia, on 20 February 1862 (1 [19 Feb according to the burial record], 2, 3, 4). He was buried in the Mil. Asylum Cemetery, Washington DC (1).
He had last been paid by Major Campbell, up to 31 December 1861 (2).
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) (Richard E Earl)
2 company F register of deaths (Richard E Earl)
3 company F, descriptive roll, #84 (Richard E Earl)
4 [death notice], Philadelphia Inquirer 24 February 1862 page 5 (Richard E Earl)
[I did not find an entry for him in the index on <www.ancestry.com> to the pension index by name (searched January 2007)]
EARL--At Camp Stanton, on the morning of the 20th inst., Private Richard E. Earl, of Company F, Captain A. C. Fetter, Ninety-first Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.