Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1900-09-07

IL, 1861, there had been volunteer mill.
tary companies in Augusta county,
Virginia. Months before the war the
companies in the county we're organiz-
ed into regiment. of which William
IL. H. Baylor was elected colonel,
Absalom Koiner, (the wrlter), was
elected lleutenant-colonel. Rudolph
Turk was elected major. Before the
commissions were received ON April
| II, 1861. the Virginia State Convention
passed the ordinance of secession and
Captain Baylor with the Staunton
"Light Infantry was ordered to Har-
per's Ferry. Va. On April 10, 1861,
Capt. A. Koiner, yet In command Of
the Augusta Rifles, proceeded to
Harper's Ferry also. At this rendez-
vous there were present in command
Major General Kenton Harper and
Brig. General w. III. Harman. The
commissions were their received and
the organization of the regiment was
completed and afterwards known as
the 9th Regiment of Virginia. fofl
Stossx&il Brigade Although Gents
Harper and Harman had been officers
in the Mexican War, but not grad
yates of military school, under the
reorganization of the Va. troops, Col.
L. }. Jackson, a graduate of West
Point, who had served In the Mexican
War, in a short time, was assigned to
the command, and Harper was com
missioned Colonel, and Hartman,
Lieut.. with Baylor as Major of
the 5th Reg't. The captaincies of |
the companies were filled prior to
this, Lieut. T.Antrim succeeding to
the Captaincy of the '.Augus ia Rifles"
known in the reorganization at comp.
H, 5th Reg't of Va.
The company roll on the march April
19. 1861, prepared by 1st Serg't G. w.
Guthrie is here appended. subsequent
enrollments may be added:
Capt. Absalom Koiner, 1st 1t. Geo
T. Antrim; End. M. A. McComb; 1st.
Jacob Keiser; End, Fulton Brown; 1st
Serg't Geo. w. Guthrie; End, VIM.
WhitseIl; 3rd, Andrew Keiser; 4th,
David Wheitzell; 1st Corp. Columbus
Smith; End, John H Whitmore; 3rd.
VIM. Swisher; 4th, E. T. Strasburg;
Quartermaster B. F. Brown; Musician
John Faher.
'
Privates-James Bazel,' VIM. z.
Branaman. Jacob Koiner, Jacob Brown
John Boze. James Canadey, William
Chandler, Andrew Chandler, Samuel
Cook, John Decker, Martin V. Freed.
James H Guthrie, James W. Gibson.
James w. Jones. John S. Keiser, Geo.
3. Keiser. James w. Larew, Andrew
McCrary, Francis McCrary, John Me-
Cord, Samuel Patterson, John T.
Porterfield, G. H. Reed, Jacob Speck,
Franklin Trainer, VIM. B. Taliaferro,
James Walker, James Branaman,
Henry Plum, John Boles, Walter Mon
tero, Henry Cakes, ]. w. Johnson,
VIM. Mathew, Jno. G. Koiner, John ID.
Brooks, Geo. H. Killian, VIM. Baskin.
Daniel Koiner, John Hill, VIM. T.
Harris, Oliver Evans, John A. Lutz,
James G. Hall, VIM. H. Edwards,
Francis johnson, Maron Fauber-64l
men and officers.
The following recruits were after
ward added: Jasper Alexander, VIM.
Alexander. Thomas Alexander, Frank
Ash, Smith Bateman, William Bear,
William Bowen. John Davis, John
Fisher, James Fisher, William Fret
we'll, James K. Calf, James Grass,
George Gillispie, David Jones, Calvin
Jones, Cyrus Killian. Grnaius Coyner,
Geo. K. Coyner, K. Benton Coyner.
Kasper Coyner, Simon Coyner, Thorn.
as Kelley, John Kirby, Alb. Kirby,
John McCutcheon, Luther McComb,
Reeves McComb, Henry McCausland,
George Mooney, Michael Murry, VIM
Phillips, Henry RAIDER, David Rife.
Gerard Rife, Jonathan Rogers, Will
liam Reed, VIM. Sherman, Andrew
Slusser, John Sherman. VIM. Shurley. 4
VIM. Sheets, A. Henry Shuey. Sanford
Speck, Silburn Stout. Charles Stegal,
James Weaver, William Wright, I
George Wright. Frank White. William
Wheeler, Conrad Warner, Robert
Craig, - Ruddle.
Whole number Of men killed rs,
45. ii
Whole number of enlistments 116.