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Generation No. 7


      80. Samuel E. Riegel, born March 27, 1800 in Brodbecks, York County, Pennsylvania; died January 09, 1876 in Pennsylvania (Source: Estate Documents from Adams County Historical Society-Supplied by Daniel H. Reigle). He was the son of 160. Johann Peter Riegel and 161. Susanna Eppley. He married 81. Rachel Smeach Bef. 1828.

      81. Rachel Smeach, born October 30, 1803 in Pennsylvania; died September 01, 1845 in Pennsylvania.

More About Samuel E. Riegel:
Burial: Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Comment 1: September 14, 1819, Named Peter Eppley as his guardian after the death of his father. (Source: Historical Society of York County, Pennsylvania, Wiils Card File. Supplied by Daniel H. Reigle)
Ethnicity/Relig.: German Reformed
Event 1: May 25, 1800, Christened at St. Jacobs (Stone) Union Church, near Brodbecks, York County, PA
Fact 5: Grave location in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown, Pennsylvania is Lot # 45.
Interesting Fact: November 23, 1851, Helped organize the St. James Reformed Church, 4 miles SW of Littlestown, PA.
Occupation: Farmer

More About Rachel Smeach:
Burial: Christ Reformed Church Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Ethnicity/Relig.: German Reformed
Interesting Fact: Died shortly after birth of 10th child (2 children had died 2 weeks earlier).
     
Children of Samuel Riegel and Rachel Smeach are:
  i.   Abdiel Reigle, born December 07, 1827 in Pennsylvania; died August 18, 1845 in Pennsylvania.
  More About Abdiel Reigle:
Burial: Christ Reformed Church Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylania

  40 ii.   Jacob Reigle, born January 28, 1830 in Pennsylvania; died November 26, 1907 in Conewago Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania; married Elizabeth Ann Kitzmiller November 06, 1857 in Adams County, Pennsylvania.
  iii.   Edlinda Reigle, born August 08, 1831 in Germany Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania; died Unknown; married James Snyder; died Unknown.
  More About Edlinda Reigle:
Comment 1: 1850, Lived in household of Robert McCurdy according to the 1850 Census.
Comment 2: 1917, Lived in Littlestown, Pennsylvania.
Event 1: September 24, 1831, Christened at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Germany Twp., Adams Co, PA

  iv.   Susannah Reigle, born April 03, 1833 in Adams County, Pennsylvania; died March 09, 1928.
  More About Susannah Reigle:
Burial: Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Event 1: May 19, 1833, Christened at Christ Reformed Church, Littlestown, Pennsylvania.
Fact 5: Grave location in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown, Pennsylvania is Lot # 45.

  v.   Samuel Anderson Reigle, born October 27, 1834 in Adams County, Pennsylvania; died August 16, 1845 in Pennsylvania.
  More About Samuel Anderson Reigle:
Burial: Christ Reformed Church Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylania
Event 1: December 26, 1834, Christened at Christ Reformed Church, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

  vi.   Amanda Reigle, born July 04, 1836 in Adams County, Pennsylvania; died Unknown; married John Henry Yingling May 07, 1857; died Unknown.
  More About Amanda Reigle:
Comment 1: Signed name Amanda on father's Probate Papers.
Event 1: August 21, 1836, Christened at Christ Reformed Church, Littlestown, Pennsylvania.

  vii.   George R. Reigle, born December 07, 1837 in Pennsylvania; died December 23, 1844 in Pennsylvania.
  More About George R. Reigle:
Burial: Christ Reformed Church Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylania

  viii.   Daniel Peter Reigle, born February 19, 1841 in Mount Joy Twp., Adams County, Pennsylvania; died March 19, 1917 in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania; married Cevilla Rachel DeGroft December 20, 1866 in Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania; born March 14, 1846; died January 14, 1916.
  Notes for Daniel Peter Reigle:
Daniel P. Reigle's Military Career
Compiled by Daniel H. Reigle - September 1988

Daniel P. Reigle was born February 19, 1841, in Mount Joy Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania. At the age of twenty, he answered President Lincoln's call for volunteers by enlisting for three years military service on September 16, 1861, as a private in Company "F", 87th Regiment Pennsylvania Infantry. He gave "Laborer" as his occupation, described himself as 5 feet 10 ½ inches tall, with hazel eyes and brown hair, and gave his post office as Littlestown, in Southeastern Adams County, near the Maryland border.
Company "F" was recruited in the Gettysburg and York areas by Captain Charles H. Buehler, who had just returned from the three months service through the summer of 1861, and by Captain William J. Martin, whose military experience would prove valuable in turning the recruits into a practiced unit.
The 87th's regimental history, written by George Reeser Prowell, lists 28 engagements in which the regiment participated, most occurring between the summer of 1863 and the end of the war. The unit spent the early months of the war on railroad security duty in Maryland and West Virginia.
The engagements which are known to be significant in Reigle's military experience include:
· Second Battle of Winchester, June 15, 1863.
· Battle of Monocacy, July 9, 1864.
· Third Battle of Winchester (or Battle of Opequon), September 19, 1864.
· Fisher's Hill, September 22, 1864.
· Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864.
· Final Assault on the Confederate entrenchments at Petersburg, April 2, 1865.


Second Winchester - Prisoner of War
On June 15, 1863, Union forces holding the town of Winchester, Virginia, in the lower Shenandoah Valley, were overrun by a larger Confederate force on its way North in Lee's second northern invasion. Many members of the 87th Pennsylvania were included in the 1500 Union prisoners taken by the Confederates. The prisoners were marched up the valley to Staunton, then crowded into railroad boxcars, 75 men per car, for transportation to Richmond. There they were processed and their valuables taken. The enlisted men were then held on Belle Isle in the James River in Richmond. Prowell reported that "The food supplied to the 7,000 or more prisoners in the small enclosure on Belle Isle was poor, but the term of imprisonment for the boys of the 87th did not last long." Reigle's records show that he was paroled at City Point on July 19 and transferred to Camp Parole on July 28. During this period of time, the Battle of Gettysburg was fought on July 1 - 3 in Reigle's home area. Only his being a POW prevented him and the remainder of the 87th from participating in the battle.
Reigle's original records then show him as a deserter from July 28 to October 7. This was later changed to "absent without proper authority." Although there is no record of his activity during this period, it is reasonable to assume that he returned home. The POW's from York had been informed by their prison guards that "our army has been to your town," and it is reasonable to assume that he went home to verify that his family was safe. Another potential explanation is that Reigle returned home on parole as a prisoner of war, meaning that he had to wait until being part of a formal prisoner of war exchange before he could return to his unit. His pension records note that he was paroled at City Point on July 19, and reported to Camp Parole, Maryland on July 28, which would support this interpretation. In any event, he returned on October 7, 1863, and rejoined the 87th a few days later.
On February 3, 1864, Reigle reenlisted as a "veteran volunteer," meaning that he would serve a new three-year enlistment when the 87th's original enlistment period expired in September. It appears from his pension record that he received a furlough in March and April and a $400 bounty as a reward for his reenlistment. However, reenlistment was not automatic; another young Pennsylvanian, being asked to reenlist expressed his sentiments this way; "Fifty thousand Dols would not induce me to reenlist… To live three more years as I have the last three I would not (even take) the best property in the Borough of Gettysburg."
On March 23, 1864, the 87th regiment was assigned to the VI Corps, in which it would repeatedly enter the hottest combat spots over the final year of the war. It became part of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, along with the 14th New Jersey, 10th Vermont, 106th New York, and 151st New York Regiments.

Monocacy - Promotion to Corporal
Lee's first two attempts to invade the North had been turned back, at Antietam in 1862 and at Gettysburg in 1863. In 1864, he desperately needed to draw troops and resources away from Grant's tightening noose in Southern Virginia. Accordingly, he dispatched General Jubal Early with the veteran II Corps to use the Shenandoah Valley as a highway to the North for a third time. If successful, this would force Grant to divert troops away from Lee, and might even produce a decisive victory that would bolster the anti-Lincoln, pro-peace political forces at work in the 1864 presidential election campaign.
Early raced northward down the valley in late June, and as he entered Maryland, turned eastward to march on Washington, D.C. Near Frederick, Maryland, Union General Lew Wallace (later famed as the Author of BEN HUR) pieced together a small force to try to head off Early's approach to the capital. Since he was greatly outnumbered by Early, the best he could do was to try to delay Early as long as possible. Using carefully selected terrain, Wallace decided to confront Early at the Monocacy River.
By the evening of July 8th, the VI Corps' Third division, commanded by General James B. Ricketts and including the 87th Pennsylvania, arrived at Monocacy Junction, the first of the forces sent by Grant in response to Wallace's plea for help. Because of the division's fighting reputation and veteran experience, Wallace posted it on the Union's left, where the brunt of the Confederate attack was expected.
The Confederates attacked early on July 9th, but determined Union resistance stalled the advances repeatedly. The first assault was broken when the Third Division held its fire while the Confederate line advanced across a cornfield to within 130 yards of the Union line, then unleashed a deadly volley that decimated the attacking lines. Later, the Third Division repulsed an assault by Gordon's Division in a wheat field, the Confederates being broken at the peak of the attack by a counter-assault by the 87th Pennsylvania and 14th New Jersey Regiments. Wallace would write later, "I could have hugged the two regiments that did the valorous deed."
Finally, near 4:00 PM, Early's forces were able to break the Union lines, and Wallace had to order withdrawal. However, it had taken the Confederates nine hours to overcome the stubborn, piecemeal Union force, and Early was unable to resume his march to Washington until the following day.
Arriving before the city on July 15, Early paused to study its defenses, which were actually less substantial than he believed them to be. The following day, the remaining units of the VI Corps arrived in Washington by steamer from City Point, to bolster the defenses. Although Early succeeded in throwing the capital into a panic and in causing Grant to release his pressure on Lee at Petersburg, the arrival of the VI Corps ensured that Early could not translate his threat into an actual attack on the city, and he withdrew back into the Shenandoah Valley. The delaying action fought by Union forces at the Monocacy was of crucial importance in buying enough time for the remainder of the VI Corps to move from Petersburg to Washington. As General Gordon, the Confederate division commander, told General Wallace many years later, "You snatched Washington out of our hands -- there was the defeat."
Reigle was promoted to corporal on July 9, the date of the battle at the Monocacy. Although there is no record of the reason for the promotion, it is a reasonable assumption that it was for merit in the battle that day, perhaps during the 87th's participation in repulsing the first two attacks, and its counter-assault with the 14th New Jersey.
After Early's withdrawal, Grant put General Phillip H. Sheridan in command of a new Army of the Shenandoah, to pursue and defeat Early and to deny the Confederates access to their fertile breadbasket, the Shenandoah, at its harvest time. The entire VI Corps under General Horatio G. Wright, along with the smaller VIII Corps under General George Crook, the XIX Corps under General William H. Emory, and three divisions of cavalry under General Alfred Torbert, were assigned to Sheridan, an army of over 30,000 men.

Opequon (Third Winchester) -- Color Bearer
Sheridan was cautious in approaching Early, and took no major initiatives until the Confederates transferred one of their divisions back to Richmond. On September 19, 1864, Early had only one division (Ramseur) guarding Winchester, while the remainder of his force was several miles north of Winchester. Sheridan attacked from the east, crossing Opequon Creek on the Berryville Pike. Ramseur fought a desperate delaying action until Rodes, Gordon, and Breckinridge could return with their divisions to support him. The VI Corps led the infantry attack across the Opequon in the morning, then formed a line of battle with the XIX Corps to drive the Confederates back into Winchester. Early was finally routed when the VIII Corps and Merritt's 1st Cavalry Division simultaneously attacked the Confederates' left flank and broke the lines.
Opequon was one of the 87th's most difficult battles, with 50 men killed or wounded. During the battle, the 87th's color bearer was wounded, and the flag fell. A company commander asked for a volunteer to carry it, and Prowell reports that "Daniel P. Reigle of Company "E" stepped forward as if on dress parade, grasped the banner, and bore it, not only during the remainder of this engagement, but was color sergeant until the end of the war."



Fisher's Hill -- Wounded
Early's troops streamed southward from Winchester, taking new positions at Fisher's Hill, south of Strasburg. The Valley narrowed at this point and provided terrain naturally suited for defense, with high ground tucked between Massanutten Mountain and the Shenandoah River's North Fork on the east, and Little North Mountain on the west. Early, however, committed errors in the positioning of his troops, weighting them toward his right, where the terrain was to his best advantage, and leaving his left flank dangerously weak. Using the terrain to screen his movements, Crook was able to move his VIII Corps, undetected by the Confederates, to Little North Mountain, directly on Early's left flank.
Late in the afternoon of September 22, Sheridan launched a coordinated attack, with Crook crashing through Lomax's Cavalry and into Ramseur's Division on Early's far left, while Wright and Emory assaulted up the face of Fisher's Hill. Just as at Winchester, the Confederate left gave way, and the entire line ultimately broke under the attack, sending the Southerners on another all-night retreat up the Valley.
In the assault, the VI Corps' 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, including the 87th Pennsylvania, led the attack up Fisher's Hill, as the far right of the VI Corps line and the lead unit in the echelon attack formation. The regimental history records that Reigle was wounded in the battle. This may have been how the regimental battle-flag, now carried by Reigle, was damaged. On display at the Gettysburg National Military Park's museum, the flag's staff shows the effect of being penetrated by a bullet or large shrapnel, to such an extent that it would have been miraculous for the color-bearer not to have been injured at the same time.

Cedar Creek -- The Medal of Honor
Soon after Fisher's Hill, many of the veterans from the 87th returned home to be mustered out, their three-year term of enlistment expiring. Reigle, however, had joined about two hundred others from the unit in re-enlisting as veteran volunteers earlier that year, in February. The 87th was reorganized into a battalion of five companies as a result of its reduced strength, and Reigle was moved to Company "E" in the new organization. When he re-enlisted in February, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and the Shenandoah were all in the future. Had he known what was in store, perhaps he would have tended to agree with the other young Pennsylvanian who would not take "the best property in the Borough of Gettysburg" to re-enlist.
After the thorough defeats at Winchester and Fisher's Hill, Early retreated southward up to the Shenandoah Valley. Sheridan pursued, but did not attempt further battle. In early October, he returned north as far as Cedar Creek between Winchester and Fisher's Hill, intending to hold that position with part of his force, while returning the VI Corps to Grant at Petersburg. With that in mind, Sheridan left the army to go to Washington, D.C., for a conference at the War Department.
General Early, however, still had some fighting spirit left, and was still mindful of Lee's dependence on him for diversion of as many Union forces as possible. Moving back to their old Fisher's Hill positions, the Confederates decided on a bold plan of attack that would use surprise to overcome the Union force which was three times the size of Early's. During the night of October 18, the Confederates moved three of their five divisions along a narrow trail around the foot of Massanutten Mountain and across the Shenandoah to a position from which they could strike the unsuspecting Federal VIII Corps on its flank and rear. A second Confederate force moved across Cedar Creek to be able to strike the VIII Corps on its flank and rear. A second Confederate force moved across Cedar Creek to be able to strike the VIII Corps on its front. Finally, a third Confederate force moved up the Valley Pike with the artillery, to join in the assault when the main attacking units reached the Pike.
The attack began before dawn on October 19, and routed the VIII Corps in total surprise. Then, aided by fog and the confusion caused by the VIII Corps' retreat, the combined Confederate forces overran the XIX Corps, and drove on into the VI Corps. Farthest from the initial point of attack, the VI Corps' three veteran divisions fought stiffly to resist the Confederate attack, each falling back as it fought toward new positions two miles north of their original line.
By 10:00 AM, the Confederate attack stalled, partially as a result of its units becoming disorganized during their successful attacks, partially because of troops leaving ranks to help themselves to food, clothes, and equipment from the camps of the Federals, and partially from Early's unwillingness to press the attack further. The delay gave the Union forces under General Wright time to get reorganized, and their spirits were boosted by General Sheridan's arrival back on the field in the late morning.
At 4:00 PM, the Union launched a combined infantry and cavalry counterattack. In fierce fighting, a unit from the Third Division, VI Corps, succeeded in penetrating a gap between two Confederate forces, and started rolling up the Confederates left flank. This was accelerated by an attack on the same flank by General Custer's Third Cavalry Division, breaking the Confederate lines. Another full rout began, with the Confederates retreating all the way to their previous positions at Fisher's Hill, and the Union reoccupying the camps from which they had been driven in the early morning fog. The capture of a great quantity of Early's wagons and artillery effectively and finally destroyed his ability to operate in the Shenandoah, and Cedar Creek became the final battle in the Valley.
Reigle's unit was in heavy action during the entire day. His battalion commander, Captain Ruhl, was fatally wounded in the early morning fighting, and Prowell reports that Reigle "stuck the flag in the ground and helped to carry his fallen commander to the rear. In the meantime, the union line fell back, but he rushed forward and obtained the flag within ten yards of the advancing enemy." During the back-and-forth action of the VI Corps resistance to the Confederate assault, the most desperate struggles often occurred near the valuable artillery pieces. Prowell reports that "Sergeant Reigle, with the battalion, helped to capture and re-capture a battery four times, finally pulling the cannon to the rear with their hands, as all the horses had been killed."
Finally, in the Union assault of the afternoon, Reigle captured a Confederate battle flag, in addition to carrying his own 87th battle flag. Reigle's own account of this action was recorded by a Gettysburg newspaper in 1892: "As the tide of battle swayed forward and backward, the flag of the 87th with its bearer and one color guard were left far in advance of the Union line. The color-bearer and the color-bearer of a Rebel regiment coming in contact had a fight with their flag-staffs, at one time the Rebel having the flag of the 87th and Sergt. Reigle having the Rebel flag: finally, Reigle got both, when Johnny Reb took him by the leg and he gave him a kick, and the Rebels, for there were others near by, skedaddled. Gen. Custer, with his cavalry, came up and ordered Mr. Reigle to report to headquarters…"
In reporting to Grant on the battle, Sheridan stated that "I am now sending to the War Department ten battle-flags" and listed Sergeant Reigle as one of the ten men ordered to "proceed to Washington, D.C., with the colors captured from the enemy in the engagement of the 19th instant, and will deliver them over to the Secretary of War."
The VI Corps' Third Division commander, Colonel Keifer, announced to the division at dress parade on October 22, that "Color-Sergeant Daniel P. Reigle, Co. "F", 87th P.V., has been ordered by Gen. Sheridan to report to Washington, D.C., for the purpose of having presented to him, by the President of the U. States, a Medal of Honor for marked bravery displayed on the battle-field on the evening of the 19th inst., near Middletown, Va., and for gallantry rushing forward through terrific fire and capturing a rebel flag at the stone fence where the enemy's last stand was made. Color-Sergeant Reigle will also be given, for these exhibitions of noble daring, a furlough of 35 days, to enable him to visit his home." In addition, Reigle was promoted to the rank of Sergeant on October 25.
General Custer accompanied the ten heroes to Washington, D.C. James Taylor, a former union soldier and now a newspaper artist, sketched the group as they were reviewed by Sheridan before leaving for Washington, and took down their "names, regiments, and a brief description of the banners they had captured." He described the group as "Captors of the standards… in their rough campaigning suits, their weather-beaten faces partly covered with all sorts of slouched hats, but above their brave heads… a line of tattered bunting that… had led out of the valiant South to the last desperate struggle the valley would witness."
Custer and the ten officers and enlisted men presented the flags to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton on October 23. "Custer and his party set out for the War Department at 10:00 AM… Catching an omnibus, they stuck a flag out each window and proceeded down Pennsylvania Avenue amid a sea of cheering faces. 'Washington has not had many such sensations,' reported one eyewitness. As they stepped from the streetcar, Custer's troopers were hugged by other soldiers, and some old veterans grabbed the boyish general's hand and kissed it. Step by step, the conquering heroes made their way through the frenzied throng and finally reached their destination… a large crowd gathered in Stanton's office to watch the presentation ceremony." A speech was made for each flag, telling how it was captured, after which Stanton presented the ten Medals of Honor and Custer with a promotion to Major General.
The ceremony was of political importance, since it provided a public relations boost for Lincoln's reelection campaign only days before the election. The decisive victory at Cedar Creek helped Lincoln defeat the peace candidate, McClellan, who was riding a wave of despair in the North over the seemingly endless war. With Sherman's capture of Atlanta in September and Sheridan's destruction of Early in September and October, the war seemed winnable, and Lincoln was elected by a large margin.

Petersburg
The VI Corps remained in the Shenandoah Valley until December, until it returned to Petersburg to join Grant's siege of that city. The 87th Battalion participated in the final assault on the fortifications in front of Petersburg on April 2, breaking through a strong line of abatis and crossing a wide ditch under an enfilading fire, before capturing a fort with a bayonet assault. "It was claimed that the banner carried by Daniel P. Reigle, the color sergeant, was the first flag of the brigade to be planted on the confederate works, but Colonel Truex, then the brigade commander, reported the flag of his old regiment, the 14th New Jersey, to be the first."

End of the War
The 87th participated in the action at Sayler's Creek on April 6, and was present at Appomattox. The veteran unit stayed in the Richmond area until May 24, when it moved toward Washington. It was reviewed by President Johnson and Secretary of War Stanton on June 8, and mustered out of the service at Alexandria, Virginia, on June 29.
"The flag which Color-Sergeant Daniel P. Reigle carried in the veteran service, was presented to him by his comrades after the regiment was mustered out. It had been procured by Lieutenant Jonathan K. Keesey, and paid for by contribution from the re-enlisted men early in the year 1864." He carried the flag at reunion parades in 1888 and 1897 in York, Pennsylvania. It is now displayed in the museum of the Gettysburg National Military Park, along with his Medal of Honor, photographs, and other personal items.
Reigle lived in the Gettysburg area after the war. Prowell noted that he lived near Taneytown, Maryland, when Prowell wrote the regimental history (1901), and his pension records show that he lived in Carroll and Frederick, Maryland, as well as in Gettysburg, as a farmer. At the time of his death, his address was Gettysburg.
Reigle married Cevilla Degroft in 1866 and the couple had five daughters: Emma Jane (1867), Clara (1869), Amelia (1871), Annie (1873), and Ida (1877).
As a result of a Congressional act in 1916, Reigle qualified for a $40 per month pension, due to his Medal of Honor. He died on March 19, 1917, after an illness of only a few hours, due to a cerebral hemorrhage, and was buried in Littlestown.










Bibliography

Emerson, Col. William, OFFICIAL RECORDS 43-1-233, November 3, 1864.

"Flag Raising in Mount Joy Twp.," THE GETTYSBURG COMPILER, February 23, 1892.

McKnight, Capt. James, Report of October 26, 1864, OFFICIAL RECORDS 43-1-278-279.

Murray, Robert K., and Warren W. Hassler, Jr., "Gettysburg Farmer", CIVIL WAR HISTORY, Volume III, Number II, June 1957, pages 179 - 187.

Prowell, George R., HISTORY OF THE EIGHTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT, PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS, York, Pa.: Press of the York Daily, 1903.

Salsbury, Capt. John A., "Report of Capt. John A. Salsbury, Tenth Vermont Infantry, Commanding Eighty-Seventh Pennsylvania Infantry, of operations October 19," OFFICIAL RECORDS 43-1-242, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1893.

Sheridan, Gen. Phillip H., Dispatch to Gen. Grant, October 21, 1864, OFFICIAL RECORDS 43-2-439-437.

Special Orders No. 61, Headquarters, Middle Military Division, October 21, 1864, OFFICIAL RECORDS 43-2-437.

Taylor, James E., "The Last Desperate Struggle," edited by George Skoch, CIVIL WAR TIMES ILLUSTRATED, Volume XXV, Number 8, December 1986, pages 32 - 39.

Urwin, Gregory J.W., CUSTER VICTORIOUS: THE CIVIL WAR BATTLES OF GENERAL GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER, East Brunswick, New Jersey: Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 1983, pages 28 - 31.

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  More About Daniel Peter Reigle:
Burial: Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage (Apoplexy)
Comment 2: 1901, Lived in Taneytown, Maryland.
Comment 4: Grave location in Mt. Carmel Cemetery is Lot 68, near green water tower.
Fact 5: Was imprisoned on Belle Isle on the James River at Richmond, Virginia.
Interesting Fact: Received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Battle of Cedar Creek. (Source: Research done by Daniel H. Reigle.)
Interesting Fact (2): Served in Co. F of the 87th Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Civil War.

  More About Cevilla Rachel DeGroft:
Burial: Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Comment 4: Grave location in Mt. Carmel Cemetery is Lot 68, near green water tower.

  ix.   Sarah Reigle, born Abt. 1843; died Unknown; married Beniah Bankert; died Unknown.
  More About Sarah Reigle:
Comment 1: 1917, Lived in Manchester, Maryland.

  x.   Mary Elizabeth Reigle, born July 17, 1845 in Adams County, Pennsylvania (Source: Probate Documents from Adams County Historical Society-Supplied by Daniel H. Reigle); died Unknown; married Ephraim Yingling; died Unknown.
  More About Mary Elizabeth Reigle:
Event 1: August 11, 1845, Christened at Christ Reformed Church, Littlestown, Pennsylvania..


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