He was born in Chester, Pennsylvania (5). He was 40 years old when he was enlisted (5).
He was a brickl[ayer] when he was enlisted (5).
He was 5 feet 9-1/2 inches tall, and had a dark complexion, blue eyes, and dark hair (5).
He was enlisted and mustered into service on 30 November 1861 (1, 2, 5). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Lieutenant Mattack [?] (5). He was mustered in as a private in company K, by Lieutenant Mattack (1, 2, 5).
He was discharged at Providence, Rhode Island, on 28 October 1862, on surgeon's certificate of disability, due to wounds sustained in battle (1, 2, 4).
He died of those wounds, in a military hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 1 March 1864 (2).
He was George Rodearmel's brother-in-law (3).
His minor dependent, Lizzie G Vigar, applied unsuccessfully for a pension on 20 December 1872, from Colorado (2, 5).
Ken Honda is studying Whistler; contact him at rhondahonda@juno.com.
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 e-mail message, from Ken Honda, 16 October 2001, including information from pension index card (image at <www.ancestry.com>), and Progressive Men of the State of Wyoming (Chicago, IL: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1903), pp.173-174.
3 e-mail message, Ken Honda, 4 June 2002
4 company K, register of men discharged, #11 (George Whistler)
5 company K, descriptive roll, entry 87 (George Whistler)
6 pension index, by name (George Whistler)
[I did not find an entry for him in the index on <www.ancestry.com> to the 1890 veterans' census (searched April 2007)]
