He was 38 years old when he was enlisted (10, 16 [44 at death in 1864]). He was 41 years old when he was enlisted (perhaps reenlisted?) (9). He was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (9, 10, 16).
He was a shoemaker (9, 10). He was living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when he was enlisted (10).
He was 5 feet 10-1/2 inches tall, and had a dark complexion, dark eyes, and dark hair (9, 10).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 27 November 1861 (1, 9, 10). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Captain Sinex (9, 10). He was mustered as at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (10 [as corp]). He served, initially, as a private in company K (1).
He was transferred on 24 December 1861 to company D (1, 10, 11).
He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg (13). He was then a corporal (13).
He deserted from hospital in Philadelphia on 4 or 6 August 1863 (5 [6 Aug], 6 [4 Aug]). On 16 August 1863, he was reported deserted from the General Hospital at Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2). On 8 October 1863, he was reported regained from desertion (3).
He was promoted to corporal on 26 December 1863 (7, 8, 9)--or perhaps when James Patterson was killed, on 13 December 1862.
He reenlisted as a veteran volunteer on 24 December 1863 (1, 10).
He was wounded on 10 or 12 May 1864 at Spottsylvania Court House, Virginia (1 [10 May], 4 [12 May], 7 [12 May], 9 [12 May], 10 [10 May], 14). He died at Chester Hospital, Pennsylvania, on 3 July 1864 of those wounds (1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12) or of phthisis pulmonalis (16). He was buried in Chester, Pennsylvania (1, 10). He was then a corporal (1). He was married (16). On 5 July 1864, he was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery (16). He died at, or was buried from 36th and Elm Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (16).
On 14 January 1865, his widow successfully applied for a pension (15).
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) (William B Stackhouse)
2 consolidated morning report, 91st PA, 16 Aug 63 (Corpl Stackhouse)
3 consolidated morning report, 91st PA, 8 October 1863 (Corpl Stackhouse)
4 company D, register of deaths (William C Stackhouse)
5 company D, register of deserters (William V Stackhouse)
6 company D, register of deserters (William V Stackhouse)
7 company D, list of non-commissioned officers (William B Stackhouse)
8 company D, list of non-commissioned officers (Wm V [?] Stackhouse)
9 company D, [second] descriptive roll, entry 98 (William V Stackhouse)
10 Civil War Veterans' Card File, available at the Pennsylvania State Archives, searched 6 August 2004 (Wm B Stackhouse)
11 company K, list of men transferred, #22 (William V Stackhouse)
12 consolidated morning report, 91st PA, 3 September 1864 (Corpl Stackhouse)
13 Pennsylvania Memorial, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Wm V [sic] Stackhouse)
14 'The Ninety-first Pennsylvania volunteers', Philadelphia Inquirer 8 June 1864 page 3 (Wm V [sic] Stackhouse)
15 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company D (William V [sic] Stackhouse)
16 death certificate, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 3 July 1864 (William B Stackhouse)
[I did not find an entry for him in the Ancestry index to the pension index by name (searched May 2006)
[I did not find an entry for him in Ancestry the index to the 1890 veterans' census (searched May 2006)