He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (3, 4). He was 17 years old when he was enlisted (3, 4 [15 in 1860]).
In 1860, he was living in ward 1, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (4). He was living with Isaac and Eliza Strang (presumably his parents) and with others (presumably his siblings) (4).
He was a carpenter when he was enlisted (3).
He was 5 feet 5 inches tall, and had a dark complexion, hazel eyes, and dark hair (3).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 8 January 1862 (1, 3). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Captain Fetter (3). He served as a private in company F (1).
He deserted from Camp Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 20 March 1862 (1, 2 [10 or 11 Mar], 3 [Jan 1862]).
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) (Isaac Strang)
2 company F, register of deserters, #12 (Isaac Strang)
3 company F, descriptive roll, #96 (Isaac Strang)
4 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ward 1, precinct 4, microfilm series M653, film 1151, pages 206-207 = 32-33 handwritten (Isaac Strang)
[I did not find an entry for him in Ancestry's index to the pension index by name (searched April 2007)]
[I did not find an entry for him in Rootsweb WorldConnect (searched November 2009)]
| line | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 1 |
| Dwelling number | 261 | |||||||||
| Family number | 273 | |||||||||
| Name | Isaac Strang | Eliza " | Elizabeth W " | Samuel M " | Isaac Jr " | Edward " | Catherine E " | John " | William " | Andrew J Strang |
| Age | 41 | 37 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Sex | m | f | f | m | m | m | f | m | m | m |
| Color | ||||||||||
| Occupation | H. Carpenter | Laborer | Carpenter | |||||||
| Value of real estate owned | 1.000 | |||||||||
| Value of personal estate | 300 | |||||||||
| Place of birth | N. Jersey | Penn | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | Penn |
| Married within year | ||||||||||
| Attended school within year | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Cannot read & write | 1 | |||||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |