Lower Merion Historical Society

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John Ruff

Pvt., 73rd Pa. Infantry, Company G, C

Mustered in September 1861 in Phila. at age 40. From Petersburg, Va., sent to U.S. general hospital in Clareyville, Ind., June 1862, then to hospital in Cumberland, Md., then to convalescent camp near D.C., then to Harwood Hospital in D.C., then to Christian St. Hospital in Philadelphia, then attached to provost guard in Philadelphia until May 1864, then to hospital in Louisville until term expired, then to Camp Discharge. Recorded present at Camp Discharge Sept. 23, 1864. Hospitalized there for cephalalgia Nov. 28, 1864. Discharged Jan. 4, 1865, expiration of term.