EFFINGER L. REBER of Pennsylvania
from the 1886 book "History of the Susquehanna & Juniata Valleys" - page 1223(Union County section)
"EFFINGER L. REBER was born at Lewisburgh, Union County, Pa., March 21, 1843, son of Thomas Reber and Mary (Beck) Reber.He enlisted June 21, 1861, in Compnay D, Fifth Reserves, Captain Thomas Chamberlain; was made a sergeant; promoted sergeant-major March 6, 1862.He was made adjutant of the Two Hundred and Fifth Regiment september 3, 1864, and mustered out with that regiment with the brevet rank of captain.He was married in the spring of 1864; admitted to the bar of Union County September 18, 1866; settled at Northumberland, and died December 27, 1877, of softeneing of the brain, which had its origin, no douabt, from the concussion of a shell at Fort Steadman, where he was thrown senseless for a time."