Pvt. William Jasper Keener, CSA Civil War veteran (POW)

William J. Keener served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War in 2nd Company A, 25th Virginia Infantry Regiment (Heck's). His brother, Jonathan, fought on the Union side. He enlisted on June 21, 1863 in Fetterman, West Virginia. He and his brother Elias were captured by the Union on May 12, 1864 at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia when "most of the regiment was captured at the Muleshoe Salient along with the rest of Johnson’s Division." He was sent to Point Lookout POW Camp in Maryland, arriving on May 18, 1864. He was transferred to Elmira Prison in New York on July 30, 1864, where he arrived on August 2, 1864. He swore an oath of allegiance to the United States in Elmira on June 16, 1865 and was released.

William Jasper Keener BIRTH 29 May 1842 West Virginia, USA DEATH 11 Jul 1927 (aged 85) Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, USA BURIAL Union Baptist Church Cemetery Simpson, Taylor County, West Virginia

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His brother, Jonathan Poe Keener, fought in the Union Army.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House#Ma...
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Lookout_State_Park#American_Civ...
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmira_Prison
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Virginia_Infantry
• https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battle-units-detail.htm?battleU...
• http://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/virginia/25th-vi...

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Children:

Martin Luther Keener 1867–1941
William Alonzo Keener 1871–1947
Mary Alice Keener Mercer 1873–1954
Oda Anna Keener Reed 1876–1940

Icie May Keener Powell 1883–1952