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CIVIL WAR FLAG TO DAUGHTERS■ Eighty. t Seventh Pennsylvania Fought Beneath this Historic Emblem.GIVES HERO MEDAL ALSODaniel Reigle Gives Most Prized Possession to Children for Safe Keeping. Other Provisions.V’1- - -The flag^rf the 87th Pennsylvania Volunteer ^piantry, for many years the property of Daniel P. Reigle, now;passes into the hands of his two . .daughters, Annie May Keigle and Ida . S'. Raigle, by the provisions of his will which also names them as execu-.trices. It was this regiment that took *‘£rom Gettysburg- and many sections ‘ of Adams Councy the first volunteers rawho: left this place at the outbreak of the Civil War.V'Ths hag has long been a treasured ^possession and veterans will be imer--ested to know that Mr. Reigle, who • died March 19th, made a definite pro-i vision for its disposal. The two ■ .'daughter's are made absolute owners fb# the emblem, and to them is also ; given the gold medal of honor award- ed by Congress and presented by «•- President Lincoln to Mr. Reigle '‘for marked bravery displayed on the bat-- - tlefiekl on the evemng of October • 19th, near Middletown, Virginia, and -‘for gallantly rushing forward through '~d terrific fire and capturing a Rebel:-;fiag, at the srdne fence where the “ enemy’s last stand was made.”Reigle's two daughters, who are -given the flag and the medal, together ‘‘with other personal possessions are also bequeathed all the real estate, ^subject, 'however, to payment ot certain designated sums to other ehild-‘rfen. - f *
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Adams County News
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Apr 07, 1917
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