Norman Gasbarro | August 24, 2012
The Gratz Historical Society received a recent donation of three large oval hand colored portraits of members of the Riegle family of the Lykens Valley area. The portraits are 19 inches high and 14 inches wide. Scanned cropped images are presented below in the hopes that a reader of this blog will be able to […]
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 19, 2012
The Riegel family in the Lykens Valley can be traced to Mattheis Riegell (born about 1615) of Bad Muenster, Palatinate, Germany, who married Maria Werner. They had a son, Jost Riegell (1615-1687) who married Maria Honen (or Hoenen). Their son, Cornelius Riegel (1674-175) was the immigrant who arrived in Philadelphia in 1733, with his wife […]
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