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	Enlisted	enlisted October 22, 1861 at Albany to serve 3 years; mustered in as Private Co D October 23, 1861; wounded in action June 14, 1863 before Port Hudson, La; re-enlisted as a veteran January 1, 1864
	Discharged	mustered out with Company July 3, 1865 near Washington D.C.
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Biography :

No trace of him before the Civil War but, when entering the New York Home in October 1879, he stated his residence in Guilderland, Albany Co., New York. He was summarily discharged in June 1880. He nevertheless stated his residence as in Bath when entering the Ohio Home in September 1881. He stated being born in Waterloo, 60 y. o. in 1881, a tailor by trade and a widower with two relatives requiring his assistance. He suffered from gunshot wounds in right tight and left knee. His nearest relative was Albert Relyea, Voorheesville, Albany Co., New York. I found a lot of Relyea in Albany County, most in Guilderland but none with the surname Albert.  

Peter Gaes said he was wounded the 14th of April. The Battle of Irish Bend, also known as Nerson's Woods, was fought between Grover's division of the Union Army against Confederate Major General Richard Taylor during Banks's operations against the Bayou Teche region near Franklin, the seat of St. Mary Parish in southern Louisiana. That day the 91th  had a very pretty fight with a brigade of Rebels, who threatened, for a time to have their own way. But the 91st went at them on a charge, and drove them from the field after a short contest. At the end of the day, Grover's men had taken the strategic position they sought. This victory, along with the one at Fort Bisland, two days earlier, assured the success of the expedition into west Louisiana. 

Peter Gaes spent 10 years at the Soldiers' Home, his death occurring on May 23 1891. He is buried in the Home Cemetery Block H, Section 25, grave 27.

Sources :
Central Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Dayton,  Ohio