He was 19 years old when he was enlisted (3).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 9 January 1862 (1, 3). He was enlisted at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (3). He was mustered in as a private, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (3). He served as a private in company D (1).
He was discharged at US General Hospital, Frederick, Maryland, on 29 December 1862 on surgeon's certificate of disability (1, 2 [medical board], 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) (Samuel Hawks)
2 company D, register of men discharged, entry 27 (Samuel Hawks)
3 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 9 August 2004 (Samuel Hawks)
[I did not find an entry for him in the index on <www.ancestry.com> to the 1890 veterans' census (searched April 2006)]
[I did not find an entry for him in the index on <www.ancestry.com> to the pension index by name (searched April 2006)]