Riter, George
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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
| Residence: | Knox[1] |
| Term of Enlistment: | 3 years[1] |
| Bounty Received: | $100.00[1] |
| Enlistment Date: | 8 Sep 1862[1] |
| Enlistment Place: | Knox, New York [1] |
| Enlistment Rank: | Private |
| State Served: | New York |
| Mustered in with Regiment on: | 19 Sep 1862[1] |
| Regiment: | 61st Infantry |
| Company: | Company I |
| Killed in Action on: | 10 May 1864 [1] |
| Place of Death: | Po River, VA[1] |
| Additional Remarks: Enlisted at the age of 21[2] " Killed May 10th 1864 at Po River Va."[1] |
| Sources Used: Ancestry.com, American Civil War Soldiers; Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War |
Additional Research Notes
Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900
New York, Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900 about George Riter[3]
Name: George Riter
Age: 21
Birth Year: abt 1841
Birth Place: Konx, New York
Enlistment Year: 1862
Enlistment Location: Konx
Muster Year: 1862
Separation Details: Killed
Separation Date: 10 May 1864
Civil War Record Summaries
Annual Report of the Adjutant-General of the State of New York
1890 Veterans Schedules for Knox
History of the County of Albany - Tenney and Howell
Heroes of Albany
Carnival of Blood
Census Records
Additional Media
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