Absalom Koiner

Absalom Koiner (August 5, 1824 – December 31, 1920) was an American lawyer, soldier and politician who served in the Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia Senate.

[1] During the American Civil War, Koiner served as an officer in the 5th Virginia Infantry Regiment, part of the famed Stonewall Brigade of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

He is listed as Captain of Company H, the "Augusta Rifles," when the regiment was created on May 7th, 1861.

[2] Koiner was promoted to Major on September 11, 1861.

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