Jacob Koogle
Name: Jacob Koogle
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 7th MD Inf.
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Middletown, Frederick County, MD
Enlistment Date: 08/13/1862
Company: G
Rank at End of Service: 1st Lieutenant
Notes:
Birth date is listed as 12/5/1841 on Ancestry.com; Enlisted in Middletown, MD; Promoted to 1st Lieutenant on 11/18/1864; Died on 3/16/1916 in Hagerstown, MD; received a Medal of Honor for his efforts at Five Forks, VA on 4/1/1865 - the accompanying citation reads: "Capture of battle flag."
Source(s):
Paul and Rita Gordon, Frederick County, Maryland: A Playground of the Civil War (The Heritage Partnership, Frederick, MD: M&B Printing Inc., 1994), 314; American Civil War Soldiers [database on-line], Ancestry.com.; Medal of Honor Recipients, U.S. Army Center of Military History, www.history.army.mil
