Absalom Koiner | |
State Senate: | Virginia |
District: | 9th |
Term Start: | December 5, 1877 |
Term End: | December 4, 1889 |
Preceded: | Alexander B. Cochran |
Succeeded: | Edward Echols |
Office2: | Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Augusta County |
Term Start2: | January 1, 1874 |
Term End2: | December 1, 1875 |
Alongside2: | J. Marshall Hanger and Alexander H. H. Stuart |
Preceded2: | Alexander B. Lightner |
Succeeded2: | J. D. Craig |
Term Start3: | December 5, 1853 |
Term End3: | December 3, 1855 |
Preceded3: | John A. Tate |
Succeeded3: | Adam McChesney |
Birth Date: | 5 August 1824 |
Birth Place: | Augusta, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Augusta, Virginia, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Education: | University of Virginia |
Signature: | Absalom Koiner signature.png |
Branch: | Confederate States Army |
Serviceyears: | 1861–1865 |
Rank: | Lieutenant colonel |
Unit: | 5th Virginia Infantry |
Battles: | American Civil War |
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.