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"Frank"
(1841 - 1862)
Home State: Pennsylvania
Branch of Service: Infantry
Before Antietam
He mustered into service for 3 months in Company G, 128th Pennsylvania Infantry on 12 August 1862.
On the Campaign
He was killed in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.
Frank Ritter fell, dead in the commencement of the fight ... he was hit in the head right under right eye ... Wilgh. and some others carried him out of the woods. We buried him last evening under a locust tree in the field. If his father wishes to fetch his body I think he better come with Lieut. Miller. We marked his grave with a head board with his name and reg. and residence.
References & notes
Birth
06/20/1841
Death
09/17/1862; Sharpsburg, MD; burial in Union-West End Cemetery, Allentown, PA
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman, History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-65, Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1868-1871, Vol. 4, pg. 179 [AotW citation 11192]