He was 30 years old when he was enlisted (3). He was born in Tyrone, Ireland (3).
He was a tailor (3).
He was 5 feet 8 inches tall, and had a fair complexion, blue eyes, and sandy hair (3). He had curly hair (3).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 30 August 1861 (1, 3, 4). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Colonel Reiff (3, 4). He served as a private in company C (1).
He deserted at Washington DC, on 25 April 1862 (1, 4), or 1 June 1862 (2). (1 June may be the date he was reported deserted.) The company C register of deserters reports that his "whereabouts [were] not known" (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) (John McNickle)
2 company C, register of deserters, number 11 (John McNickle)
3 company C, descriptive roll, entry 53 (John McNickle)
4 company C, untitled list, probably of status at muster out, entry 123 (John McNickle)
[I did not find an entry for him in the index on <www.ancestry.com> to the pension index by name (searched March 2007)]