He was 34 years old when he was enrolled (2, 4). He was born in Burlington, New Jersey (4).
He was a waterman (4).
He was 5 feet 10-3/4 inches tall, and had a fair complexion, blue eyes, and brown hair (2 [5'10 1/4[?]"], 4 [5'10-3/4"]). He had a scar down his nose (4).
He was enrolled and mustered into service on 2 or 3 October 1861 (1, 2 [3 Oct], 4 [3 Oct], 5 [3 Oct]). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Captain Keyser (2, 4, 5). He was mustered in as a private, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2). He served as a private, initially in company B (1).
He was transferred to company C (1, 2).
He deserted at Alexandria, Virginia, on 1 September 1862 or 31 September 1862 (1, 2, 3 [31 Sep], 4, 5 [1 Sep]). (31 September may be the date he was reported deserted.) The company C register of deserters reports that his "whereabouts [were] not known" (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) (John H Newman)
2 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 29 June 2004 (John H Newman; rolls have [illegible surname])
3 company C, register of deserters, number 13 (John H Newman)
4 company C, descriptive roll, entry 82 (John H Newman)
5 company C, untitled list, probably of status at muster out, entry 124 (John H Newman)
[I did not find an entry for him in the index on <www.ancestry.com> to the pension index by name (searched December 2006)]