The son of Augustus F. & Leah A. (Riegel) Reinoehl, he is not found in the 1860 census but is in the 1863-65 draft registration as a student living in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. An 1861 Graduate of Franklin and Marshall College on his way to a career in law, he stood 5' 5" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes. An obituary claims his birthday was November 15.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at Wrightsville, York County, presumably on September 24, 1861, and mustered into federal service on that date at Harrisburg as a private with Co. D, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, then promoted to quartermaster sergeant December 17, 1862, and to sergeant major June 24, 1863. On June 24, 1863, he was wounded in the left forearm at Battery Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina. Although the injury reportedly cost him the use of his left hand, he returned to duty and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer April 7, 1864, at Hilton Head, South Carolina. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant of Co. B to date May 27, 1864, then elevated to regimental adjutant to date September 16, 1864. Wounded again at the battle of Fair Oaks on October 27, 1864, this injury was sufficient for him to submit his resignation, which was accepted to date January 5, 1865.
In 1867, the army brevetted him captain to date March 13, 1865, for "gallant and meritorious services in the assault on Fort Wagner." Note that the "Major" seen on the tombstone and used in his obituaries is incorrect as he never held a rank higher than adjutant (1st lieutenant) while in the army. The bestowing of a post-service brevet was not a true promotion but an honorary recognition of good service equivalent to today's practice of issuing medals. (And I have yet to see evidence that Reinoehl was brevetted major.)
Entering the bar in 1866, he married Lucy Davis November 24, 1870, in Lancaster, and fathered the children you see linked below. He served three terms in the state legislature as a Republican and at the end of his life was postmaster for Lancaster and a member of Thomas Post No. 84, G.A.R.
He died from asphyxiation in what a coroner's inquest judged to be suicide, a decision for which there was clear evidence. Reinoehl had closed all doors and windows to his office, covered all possible air leaks in the doors and even the keyhole, then turned on the gas and lay on a couch where his body was discovered looking as if he had merely fallen asleep. Reports suggested that he had suffered financial setbacks that had sent him spiraling into depression.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at Wrightsville, York County, presumably on September 24, 1861, and mustered into federal service on that date at Harrisburg as a private with Co. D, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, then promoted to quartermaster sergeant December 17, 1862, and to sergeant major June 24, 1863. On June 24, 1863, he was wounded in the left forearm at Battery Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina. Although the injury reportedly cost him the use of his left hand, he returned to duty and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer April 7, 1864, at Hilton Head, South Carolina. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant of Co. B to date May 27, 1864, then elevated to regimental adjutant to date September 16, 1864. Wounded again at the battle of Fair Oaks on October 27, 1864, this injury was sufficient for him to submit his resignation, which was accepted to date January 5, 1865.
In 1867, the army brevetted him captain to date March 13, 1865, for "gallant and meritorious services in the assault on Fort Wagner." Note that the "Major" seen on the tombstone and used in his obituaries is incorrect as he never held a rank higher than adjutant (1st lieutenant) while in the army. The bestowing of a post-service brevet was not a true promotion but an honorary recognition of good service equivalent to today's practice of issuing medals. (And I have yet to see evidence that Reinoehl was brevetted major.)
Entering the bar in 1866, he married Lucy Davis November 24, 1870, in Lancaster, and fathered the children you see linked below. He served three terms in the state legislature as a Republican and at the end of his life was postmaster for Lancaster and a member of Thomas Post No. 84, G.A.R.
He died from asphyxiation in what a coroner's inquest judged to be suicide, a decision for which there was clear evidence. Reinoehl had closed all doors and windows to his office, covered all possible air leaks in the doors and even the keyhole, then turned on the gas and lay on a couch where his body was discovered looking as if he had merely fallen asleep. Reports suggested that he had suffered financial setbacks that had sent him spiraling into depression.
The son of Augustus F. & Leah A. (Riegel) Reinoehl, he is not found in the 1860 census but is in the 1863-65 draft registration as a student living in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. An 1861 Graduate of Franklin and Marshall College on his way to a career in law, he stood 5' 5" tall and had dark hair and dark eyes. An obituary claims his birthday was November 15.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at Wrightsville, York County, presumably on September 24, 1861, and mustered into federal service on that date at Harrisburg as a private with Co. D, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, then promoted to quartermaster sergeant December 17, 1862, and to sergeant major June 24, 1863. On June 24, 1863, he was wounded in the left forearm at Battery Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina. Although the injury reportedly cost him the use of his left hand, he returned to duty and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer April 7, 1864, at Hilton Head, South Carolina. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant of Co. B to date May 27, 1864, then elevated to regimental adjutant to date September 16, 1864. Wounded again at the battle of Fair Oaks on October 27, 1864, this injury was sufficient for him to submit his resignation, which was accepted to date January 5, 1865.
In 1867, the army brevetted him captain to date March 13, 1865, for "gallant and meritorious services in the assault on Fort Wagner." Note that the "Major" seen on the tombstone and used in his obituaries is incorrect as he never held a rank higher than adjutant (1st lieutenant) while in the army. The bestowing of a post-service brevet was not a true promotion but an honorary recognition of good service equivalent to today's practice of issuing medals. (And I have yet to see evidence that Reinoehl was brevetted major.)
Entering the bar in 1866, he married Lucy Davis November 24, 1870, in Lancaster, and fathered the children you see linked below. He served three terms in the state legislature as a Republican and at the end of his life was postmaster for Lancaster and a member of Thomas Post No. 84, G.A.R.
He died from asphyxiation in what a coroner's inquest judged to be suicide, a decision for which there was clear evidence. Reinoehl had closed all doors and windows to his office, covered all possible air leaks in the doors and even the keyhole, then turned on the gas and lay on a couch where his body was discovered looking as if he had merely fallen asleep. Reports suggested that he had suffered financial setbacks that had sent him spiraling into depression.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at Wrightsville, York County, presumably on September 24, 1861, and mustered into federal service on that date at Harrisburg as a private with Co. D, 76th Pennsylvania Infantry, then promoted to quartermaster sergeant December 17, 1862, and to sergeant major June 24, 1863. On June 24, 1863, he was wounded in the left forearm at Battery Wagner on Morris Island, South Carolina. Although the injury reportedly cost him the use of his left hand, he returned to duty and re-enlisted as a Veteran Volunteer April 7, 1864, at Hilton Head, South Carolina. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant of Co. B to date May 27, 1864, then elevated to regimental adjutant to date September 16, 1864. Wounded again at the battle of Fair Oaks on October 27, 1864, this injury was sufficient for him to submit his resignation, which was accepted to date January 5, 1865.
In 1867, the army brevetted him captain to date March 13, 1865, for "gallant and meritorious services in the assault on Fort Wagner." Note that the "Major" seen on the tombstone and used in his obituaries is incorrect as he never held a rank higher than adjutant (1st lieutenant) while in the army. The bestowing of a post-service brevet was not a true promotion but an honorary recognition of good service equivalent to today's practice of issuing medals. (And I have yet to see evidence that Reinoehl was brevetted major.)
Entering the bar in 1866, he married Lucy Davis November 24, 1870, in Lancaster, and fathered the children you see linked below. He served three terms in the state legislature as a Republican and at the end of his life was postmaster for Lancaster and a member of Thomas Post No. 84, G.A.R.
He died from asphyxiation in what a coroner's inquest judged to be suicide, a decision for which there was clear evidence. Reinoehl had closed all doors and windows to his office, covered all possible air leaks in the doors and even the keyhole, then turned on the gas and lay on a couch where his body was discovered looking as if he had merely fallen asleep. Reports suggested that he had suffered financial setbacks that had sent him spiraling into depression.
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