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

61st Infantry Battle Flag
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

Knox - George Riter - Muster Roll

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

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Town and City Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War
  2. Ancestry Military Databases
  3. www.Ancestry.com