He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (4, 9). He was 25 years old when he was enlisted (4, 9 [13 in 1850]).
In 1850, he was living in ward 5, Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (9). He was living with Jacob and Rosanna Winert (presumably his parents), with 8 probable siblings, and others (9). He had attended school within the year (9).
He was a bootmaker when he was enlisted (4).
He was 5 feet 3-3/4 inches tall, and had a fair complexion, brown eyes, and brown hair (4).
He was mustered into service on 16 November 1861 (1, 8). He served as a private in company I (1).
He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg (5).
On 28 July 1863, he was reported as having been dropped because he was missing in the campaign (probably after 11 June 1863) (2). He had returned by 28 July 1863 (2).
He reenlisted as a veteran volunteer on 26 December 1863 (1, 4). He was enlisted for three years, at Bealton, Virginia, by Lieutenant Swan (4).
On 15 April 1864, he returned from being absent without leave (3).
He may have been wounded in January or February 1865 (7).
He was mustered out on 10 July 1865 with his company (1, 4, 8).
On 2 January 1902, he applied successfully from Canada for a pension (6, 8).
On 27 January 1909, he again applied for a pension (8).
He died in 1910 (8).
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) (Jacob Weinert)
2 consolidated morning report, 91st PA, 28 July 1863 (Private Neinert [Weinert is my best guess, but I'm pretty confident the first letter is not a "W"])
3 consolidated morning report, 91st Pennsylvania, 15 April 1864 (Priv Weinert)
4 company I, descriptive roll, #35 (Jacob Weinert)
5 Pennsylvania Memorial, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (Jacob Weinert)
6 pension index, by name (Jacob Weinert)
7 'Gen. Grant's recent movement', Philadelphia Inquirer 10 February 1865 p.2 (J Weinant)
8 pension index, by regiment, 91st PA Infantry, company I (Jacob Weinert)
9 1850 US census, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Northern Liberties, ward 5, microfilm series M432, film 811, page 258 = 9 handwritten = 515 handwritten (Jacob Winert)
[I did not find an entry for him in Ancestry's index to the 1890 veterans' census (searched May 2006)]
| line | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Dwellings visited | 48 | ||||||||||
| Families visited | 72 | ||||||||||
| Name | Jacob F Winert | Rosanna | Margaret | William | Caroline | Jacob | Mary | Charles | Henry | George | John |
| Age | 47 | 42 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Sex | M | F | F | M | F | M | F | M | M | M | M |
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| Occupation of males over 15 years | Shoe Store | ||||||||||
| Real estate owned | 12,000 | ||||||||||
| Birthplace | Germany | " | Pa | " | " | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | |||||||||||
| Attended school within year | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Over 20 & can't read/write | |||||||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |