Norman Gasbarro | June 29, 2012
As noted in the post yesterday, nine men with the name “Daniel Riegle” have been identified as soldiers in Pennsylvania Civil War regiments (with the surname spelling in variation). The most famous of these was Daniel P. Reigle, who served in Company F of the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry, as a Sergeant, and who, for his […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 28, 2012
As noted in the post yesterday, nine men with the name “Daniel Riegle” have been identified as soldiers in Pennsylvania Civil War regiments (with the surname spelling in variation). The most famous of these was Daniel P. Reigle, who served in Company F of the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry, as a Sergeant, and who, for his […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 27, 2012
The following statement is taken from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 1861-1865: Corpl. Daniel P. Reigle*, Eighty-seventh Pennsylvania, captured a battle-flag from a color bearer of the enemy. The enemy retreated precipitatively, throwing away guns, accouterments, &c. in their flight. *[He was] awarded a Medal of Honor. A “circular” on display […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 25, 2012
William George Buehler retired as a Rear Admiral from the United States Navy after a long career which spanned the Civil War period. Although he had no direct connection to Gratz or the Lykens Valley area, his brother Henry B. Buehler, served for a short time as a physician in Gratz before the Civil War […]
Norman Gasbarro | June 24, 2012
A recent discovery of a book entitled Wisdom, Vision and Diplomacy: Speakers of the Pennsylvania House has produced the name of yet another Civil War veteran from the Lykens Valley area, that of John E. Faunce who was born in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 29 October 1840. According to the book, Faunce, who served as […]
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