Daniel P. Reigle
Name: Daniel P. Reigle
Affiliation: Union
Unit: 87th Pennsylvania Infantry
Race: White
Place of Birth/Residence: Adams County, PA
Enlistment Date: 02/03/1864
Company: F, E, C
Rank at End of Service: Sergeant
Notes:
Entered service in Adams County, PA as a private; received a Medal of Honor for his service at Cedar Creek, VA on 10/19/1864 - the accompanying citation reads: "For gallantry while rushing forward to capture a Confederate flag at the stone fence where the enemy's last stand was made"; discharged 6/29/1865 as a sergeant.
Source(s):
1890 Veterans Schedules, Ancestry.com; Medal of Honor Recipients, U.S. Army Center of Military History, www.history.army.mil.; Soldiers and Sailors Database, National Park Service, http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm
