Letters of Captain John A. Ritter, M.D. 49th Indiana Volunteers

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Letters of Captain John A. Ritter, M.D. 49th Indiana Volunteers

The letters which appear below are letters written by or on the behalf Capt. John A. Ritter during his service in the 49th Indiana Volunteers from Oct. 1861 to December 1861. The letters were transcribed from the original letters or copies of the original letters in the possession of descendents of Capt. John A. Ritter. The letters appear exactly as written. No effort was made to correct apparent misspelled words. Many of these apparent errors may be the result of differences between modern styles of handwriting and styles in use during the 19th century. Blanks were inserted where words or phrases were totally illegible and underlining was used for words or phrases for which the correct interpretation was questionable.