Schreiner was recruited by Captain Francis Hardtmayer and enlisted in the Garabaldi Guards on 25 June 1861.
Mustered in as a Private as part of the Ninth Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, Company B on 28 June 1861 at Camp Wright by Lieutenant Chandler Hall. Mustered into federal service at Washington, DC on 28 JUL 1861 by Lieutenant John Elwood, 5th U.S. Infantry.
Received a gunshot wound to the left shoulder at Charles City Crossroads on 30 June 1862. Sent for treatment at Carver Hospital, 141st Road, Washington, DC on 4 July 1862 for three months. Sent to Continental Hospital at Baltimore for three months.
Deserted at Baltimore, date not stated. He is listed as absent with leave in February 1863, but pension records have him deserting on 7 April 1863. The 5 April 1863 Deserter List has his place of desertion and whereabouts unknown.
Rolls have him absent wounded from 31 August 1862 to 30 April 1863. Listed as having returned to duty with the regiment by 31 August 1863.
Mustered out of service with company on 12 May 1864 in Pittsburgh by Captain Gerhard Henry Fuhren and Captain William Jefferson Moorhead, 17th U.S. Infantry.
He participated in the following campaigns: Dranesville, Mechanicsville, Gaines’ Mill, Charles City Crossroads, Bristoe Station and Mine Run.
Post war residences: 1864-1874 Pittsburgh, 1874-1886 Wooster, OH, 1886-1913 Pittsburgh.
Filed pension application #302.028 on 5 AUG 1879 and received pension certificate #185.655.
He re-filed application for an increase in benefits on 15 FEB 1907 on account of his age.
Died: 15 JAN 1913. Cause: Hypertophic Cirrhosis Burial: Voegtley Cemetery
Long time Civil War Enthusiast since early childhood. As a former resident of nearby Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I became interested in the 9th Pennsylvania Reserves and since then, have become engaged in researching the regiment and the men who served in it. I currently reside in Northern Virginia and work in Washington D.C.