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==Birth==
The Pension Index card indicates that his father received a pension of George's service.  His father's name was also George, but there was no indication where his father lived when he applied for the pension.

==Marriage & Children== 

==Military Service==
[[Image:61st.jpg|200px|thumb|right|<center>61st Infantry Battle Flag</center>]] 
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Residence:
|Knox<ref name="Town and City Registers">Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War</ref>
|-
|Term of Enlistment:
|3 years<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Bounty Received:
| $100.00<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Enlistment Date:
|8 Sep 1862<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Enlistment Place:
|Knox, New York <ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Enlistment Rank:
|Private
|-
|State Served:
|New York
|-
|Mustered in with Regiment on:
|19 Sep 1862<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Regiment:
|61st Infantry
|-
|Company:
|Company I
|-
|Killed in Action on:
|10 May 1864 <ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Place of Death:
|[[Po River]], VA<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|}
{| style="color:black;background-color:#ccffff;" cellspacing="1" border="2"
|Additional Remarks:  Enlisted at the age of 21<ref name="Ancestry">Ancestry Military Databases</ref> " Killed May 10th 1864 at Po River Va."<ref name="Town and City Registers"/>
|-
|Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
|}

==Death==
George Riter died May 10, 1864. George Riter was killed in battle at Po River, VA.

'''U.S., Registers of Deaths of Volunteers, 1861-1865 about George Riter<ref name="ANC">www.Ancestry.com</ref><br>'''
Name:	George Riter<br>
Death Date:	10 May 1864<br>
Death Place:	Po River, Virginia<br>
Enlistment State:	New York<br>
Rank:	Private<br>
Company:	J<br>
Regiment:	61 Inf<br>
Box Number:	38<br>
(Killed in battle)

==Additional Research Notes==

==='''[[h:Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War|Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War]]'''===
'''New York, Town Clerks' Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865 about George Riter<ref name="ANC">www.Ancestry.com</ref><br>'''
Name:	George Riter<br>
Residence Place:	Knox<br>
Enlistment Date:	30 Aug 1862<br>
Enlistment Location:	Knox, Albany, New York<br>
Regiment:	61st Regiment<br>
Company:	I<br>
Rank:	Private<br>
Race:	White<br>
Marital Status:	Single<br>

==='''[[h:New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900|New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900]]'''===
[[File:CivilWarKnoxRiterGeorgeMusterRoll-W.jpg|300px|thumb|right|<center>Knox - George Riter - Muster Roll</center>]]
'''New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 about George Riter<ref name="ANC">www.Ancestry.com</ref> <br>'''
Name: George Riter <br>
Age: 21 <br>
Birth Year: abt 1841 <br>
Birth Place: Konx, New York <br>
Enlistment Year: 1862 <br>
Enlistment Location: Konx <br>
Muster Year: 1862 <br>
Separation Details: Killed <br>
Separation Date: 10 May 1864

==='''Civil War Record Summaries'''===
'''U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles about George Riter<ref name="ANC">www.Ancestry.com</ref><br>'''
Name:	George Riter<br>
Age at enlistment:	21<br>
Enlistment Date:	9 Aug 1862<br>
Rank at enlistment:	Private<br>
Enlistment Place:	Knox, NY<br>
State Served:	New York<br>
Survived the War?:	No<br>
Service Record:	Enlisted in Company I, New York 61st Infantry Regiment on 19 Sep 1862.<br>
Mustered out on 10 May 1864 at Po River, VA.<br>
Birth Date:	abt 1841<br>
Sources:	New York: Report of the Adjutant-General<br>

'''American Civil War Soldiers about George Riter<ref name="ANC">www.Ancestry.com</ref><br>'''
Name:	George Riter<br>
Enlistment Date:	8 Sep 1862<br>
Enlistment Place:	Knox, New York<br>
Side Served:	Union<br>
State Served:	New York<br>
Service Record:	Enlisted as a Private on 8 September 1862 at the age of 21.<br>
Enlisted in Company I, 61st Infantry Regiment New York on 19 Sep 1862.<br>
Killed Company I, 61st Infantry Regiment New York on 10 May 1864 at Po River, VA.<br>
Sources:	14<br>

'''U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 about George Riter<ref name="ANC">www.Ancestry.com</ref><br>'''
Name:	George Riter<br>
Side:	Union<br>
Regiment State/Origin:	New York<br>
Regiment Name:	61 N.Y. Infantry<br>
Regiment Name Expanded:	61st Regiment, New York Infantry<br>
Company:	I<br>
Rank In:	Private<br>
Rank In Expanded:	Private<br>
Rank Out:	Private<br>
Rank Out Expanded:	Private<br>
Film Number:	M551 roll 118<br>

==='''[[h:Annual Report of the Adjutant-General|Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York]]'''===
61st NY Infantry<br>
RITER, GEORGE - Age 21 years. Enlisted September 8, 1862 at Knox to serve three years; mustered in as private, Co. I, September 19, 1862; killed in action May 10, 1864 at Po River, VA.

==='''[[h:History of the County of Albany|History of the County of Albany]] - Tenney and Howell'''===
Knox - George Riter, private. Sixty-first Regiment, Company I; enlisted August 30, 1862; mustered September 19, 1862; killed May 10, 1864, at Po River, Va. 

==='''[[h:Heroes of Albany|Heroes of Albany]]===
George Riter enlisted in Company I, Sixty-first Regiment, August 30, 1862, and was killed May 10, 1864, at Po River, Va. 

==Census Records==
George Riter does NOT appear in any local census records.
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