Looking for info on Civil War veterans named Rahter who served with the 87th Pennsylvania Infantry.
Rahter, Adolphus C., Cpl Co I; mustered Sep 12, 1861; discharged Jan 6, 1863, on a surgeon's certificate; born Oct 28, 1844, in Germany; died Jun 18, 1918; a carriage trimmer and justice of the peace from Littlestown, Adams County; 5' 9", brown hair, gray eyes; married Mary Elizabeth Yantis August 29, 1863; children: Clay (b. 1864; d. 1864), John Gilbert (b. 1866; d. 1869), and Annie G. (b. 05/15/88 or 85); he had a brother David; in 1916, lived in Baltimore; buried in Loudon Park National Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
2) Rahter, Benjamin J., Pvt Co I; mustered Sep 12, 1861; discharged Jan 6, 1863, on a surgeon's certificate; born Sep 1, 1843, the son of Christian & Charlotte Waymines Rahter and their first child born in America; died Dec 7, 1931; a carriage painter and salesman from Littlestown, Adams County; 5' 8", brown hair, gray eyes; married Henrietta Taylor who died May 29, 1891; children: Edith Eunice. (b. 04/05/71 - married William Hersh); remarried Nellie Lyons in 1893 in Benton Harbor, Michigan; had a brother David (b. 1854); lived in Chicago for thirty years until 1914 but died in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, cemetery unknown but probably Evergreen