He was 22 years old when he enlisted in 1864 (5). He was born in York County, Pennsylvania (5).
He was a farmer (5).
He was 5 feet 6-3/4 inches tall, and had a fair complexion, gray eyes, and brown hair (5).
He enlisted and was mustered into service on 20 January 1864 (1, 5). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Captain Stretch (5). He served as a private in company A (1).
In May or June 1864, he lost one Springfield rifle musket and accoutrements (3).
He was killed on 18 June 1864 at Petersburg, Virginia (1, 5, 6).
He was buried at City Point National Cemetery, Virginia, section E division 1 grave 43 (1; 2 has section D). The Record of the Federal Dead lists him as being originally buried on Prince George Road, one-half mile east of Meade Station; other soldiers from this same area were moved to Poplar Grove Cemetery, but most of them are now listed as unknown soldiers at Poplar Grove (4, 7).
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)
2 City Point National Cemetery, interment index (searched 5 October 2000)
3 letter, Lentz to Bennett, 16 July 1864
4 Poplar Grove Cemetery records (thanks to Elizabeth Dinger-Glisan for the information!) (Charles Thomas)
5 company A descriptive roll, entry 123 (Charles Thomas)
6 consolidated morning report, 91st Pennsylvania, 29 June 1864 (Private Thomas)
7 'Our illustrious dead', Philadelphia Inquirer 20 July 1865 page 2 (Charles Thomas)
[I did not find an entry for him in the index on <www.ancestry.com> to the 1890 veterans' census (searched November 2005)