He was 20 years old when he enlisted in 1861 (5, 8 [38 in 1880], 11 [29 in 1870], 12 [9 in 1850]). He was born in Middeton, Pennsylvania (5, 8, 11).
In 1850, he was living in South Middleton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (12). He was living with George and Mary Elberti (presumably his parents), and Ann and Hannah (presumably his sisters) (12). He had attended school in the previous year (12). (12).
In 1860, Philip C Elberti was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with George C Evans (a druggist) (7). He was 19 years old, a druggist, and was born in Pennsylvania (5).
When he was enlisted, he was a druggist (5).
He was 5 feet 5 inches tall, and had a light complexion, grey eyes, and light hair (5).
He enlisted and was mustered into service on 21 August 1861 (1, 2, 5, 10). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia Pennsylvania, by Colonel Reiff (5).
He was promoted from private, in company A, to hospital steward, by 30 November 1861 (1, 4, 5, 14).
According to Bates, he was discharged on surgeon's certificate of disability (1). He was then a hospital steward (1, 2). However, according to the official records I have, he was transferred to "Reg USA" (5; perhaps 4). And according to the pension file index, and 1890 census, he also served as a hospital steward in the regular US army (2, 6, 10). I suspect he was transferred to the army, perhaps because of his experience as a druggist; I do not know how to account for Bates' entry. According to the 1890 census, he was discharged on 26 May 1865; whether this was before or after his promotion to hospital steward isn't clear (10).
In 1867/68, he married Mary [unknown surname] (13). In 1910, she had had seven children, six of whom were alive (13).
In 1870, he was living in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (11). He was living with his wife Mary and children Joseph and George (11). He was a clerk at a furnace, and owned $500 in personal property (11).
In 1880, he was living in Londonderry, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (8). He was a clerk at a furnace (8). He was living with his wife Mary, and his children Joseph, George, Maggie, Millie, and Philip (8).
He had another son, Charles Dey Elberti, born between 1881 and 1883 (9).
He applied successfully from Pennsylvania for a pension on 27 May 1897 and on 14 September 1911 (2, 6).
In 1890, he was living in Middletown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (10).
In 1910, he was living in Middletown Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (13). He was living with his wife Mary, his children George, Philip, Harry, and Charles, and his grandchildren Nora and Philip Beck (13). He was a bank clerk (13).
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)
2 pension index, by regiment; a second card is filed with the company A entries (Philip C Elberti)
3 regimental descriptive book (Philip C Elberti)
4 register of transfers, company A (Philip C Elberti)
5 company A descriptive roll, entry 10 (Philip C Elbertis [?])
6 pension index, by name, searched 21 May 2004, at <www.ancestry.com> (Philip C Elberti)
7 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ward 13, page 421, line 4 (Philip C Elberti)
8 1880 US census, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Londonderry Township, supervisor's district 3, enumeration district 100, microfilm series T9, film 1124, page 442 B = 10 handwritten (Philip C Elberti)
9 e-mail, C P Elberti, Jr, 21 Aug 2004 (Philip C Elberti)
10 1890 US census, veterans' schedule, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Middletown, North Ward, supervisor's district 4, enumeration district 64, page 3, line 29 (Philip C Elberti)
11 1870 US census, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Londonderry Township, microfilm series M593, film 1334, page 418 = 43 handwritten (Philip Elberti)
12 1850 US census, microfilm series M432, film 772, page 139, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, South Middleton Township (Philip K [?] Alberti)
13 1910 US census, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Middletown Borough, ward 3, microfilm series T624, film 1337, supervisor's district 14, enumeration district 107, page 136B = 4 handwritten (Phillip Elberti)
14 'Camp Chase', Philadelphia Inquirer 30 November 1861 (P C Elberti)
15 'Departure of Col. Gregory's regiment', Philadelphia Inquirer 22 January 1862 page 2 (P C Elberti)
[I did not find an entry for him or his spouse in the 1900, 1920, or 1930 census (searched indexes on Ancestry and Heritage Quest, April 2006)]
[I did not find an entry for him in RootsWeb WorldConnect (searched April 2006)]
| line | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
| Dwellings visited | 96 | ||||
| Families visited | 100 | ||||
| Name | George W Alberti [sic] | Mary A " | Philip K [?] Alberti | Ann C | Hannah M |
| Age | 34 | 34 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| Sex | M | F | M | F | F |
| Color | |||||
| Occupation of males over 15 years | Tailor | ||||
| Real estate owned | |||||
| Birthplace | Pa | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | |||||
| Attended school within year | 1 | 1 | |||
| Over 20 & can't read/write | |||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| [line 4] | |
| Dwelling number | [1] |
| Family number | [1] |
| Name | Philip C. Elberti |
| Age | 19 |
| Sex | M |
| Color | |
| Occupation | " [sc. Druggist] |
| Value of real estate owned | |
| Value of personal estate | |
| Place of birth | " [sc. Penna] |
| Married within year | |
| Attended school within year | |
| Cannot read & write | |
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | |
| line | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Dwelling-house number | [323] | |||
| Family number | 346 | |||
| Name | Elberti Philip | - Mary A | - Joseph L | - George W |
| Age | 29 | 25 | 2 | 4/12 |
| Sex | M | F | M | M |
| Color | W | W | W | W |
| Occupation | Clerk at Furnace | Keeping house | ||
| Real estate value | ||||
| Personal estate value | 500 | |||
| Birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| Father foreign born | ||||
| Mother foreign born | ||||
| Birth month if born within year | Jan | |||
| Marriage month if married within year | ||||
| Attended school past year | ||||
| Can't read | ||||
| Can't write | ||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. | ||||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old | 1 | |||
| Male US citizen at least 21 years old who can't vote ... |
| line | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| street name | |||||||
| house number | |||||||
| dwelling visit # | 84 | ||||||
| family visit # | 96 | ||||||
| name | Elberti Philip C | - Mary F | - Joseph L | - George W | - Maggie S | - Millie C | - Philip C |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| sex | M | F | M | M | F | F | M |
| age | 38 | 33 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 4 |
| month born if born in year | |||||||
| relationship | wife | Son | Son | Daughter | Daughter | Son | |
| single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| married | 1 | 1 | |||||
| widowed/divorced | |||||||
| married during year | |||||||
| occupation | Clerk at Furnace | Keeping house | At home | At home | |||
| months unemployed | |||||||
| currently ill? | |||||||
| blind | |||||||
| deaf/dumb | |||||||
| idiotic | |||||||
| insane | |||||||
| disabled | |||||||
| school this year | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| can't read | |||||||
| can't write | |||||||
| birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| father's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| mother's birthplace | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna | Penna |
| line | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 |
| street | North [?] Union | |||||||
| house nr | 343 | |||||||
| dwelling nr | 88 | |||||||
| family nr | 92 [?] | |||||||
| name | Elberti Phillip | - Mary | - George | Phillip Jr | - Harry | - Charles | Beck Nora [?] C | - Phillip E |
| relationship | Head | Wife | Son | Son | Son | Son | G Child | G Child |
| sex | M | F | M | M | M | M | F | M |
| color | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
| age | 69 | 69 | 42 | 33 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 11 |
| marital status | M1 | M1 | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| #years present marriage | 42 | 42 | ||||||
| mother of # children | 7 | |||||||
| mother of # living children | 6 | |||||||
| birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| father's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| mother's birthplace | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| immigrated | ||||||||
| naturalized/alien | ||||||||
| speaks English | English | English | English | English | English | English | English | English |
| occupation | Clerk | None | Printer | Clerk | Bagage [?] | [illegible] Fitter | None | None |
| nature of industry etc. | Bank | Office | Restaurant [?] | P.R.R. | Car Works | House Work | ||
| employer etc. | W | W | W | W | W | |||
| out of work 15 Apr 1910? | No | No | No | No | No | |||
| # weeks out of work 1909 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| can read | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| can write | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| school since 1 Sep 09 | No | Yes | ||||||
| owned/rented | R | |||||||
| owned free or mortagaged | ||||||||
| farm/house | H | |||||||
| nr on farm schedule | ||||||||
| civil war vet | [blank] | |||||||
| blind | ||||||||
| deaf & dumb | ||||||||