Daniel Peter Reigle MOH

b. 19/02/1841 Adams County, Pennsylvania. d. 19/03/1917 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

DATE OF MOH ACTION: 19/10/1864 Cedar Creek, Virginia.

Daniel P Reigle MOH

Civil War Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Sergeant in the Union Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Corporal in Company F, 87th Pennsylvania Infantry for action on October 19, 1864 at Cedar Creek, Virginia. He received his Medal a week later on October 26, 1864.

 

MOH CITATION:

For gallantry while rushing forward to capture a Confederate flag at the stone fence where the enemy’s last stand was made.

 

BURIAL LOCATION: MOUNT CARMEL CEMETERY, LITTLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

LOCATION OF MEDAL: GETTYSBURG MUSEUM AND VISITOR CENTER, NATIONAL CEMETERY, GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.