Absalom Koiner

{{short description|American politician}}

{{infobox officeholder

|name=Absalom Koiner

|image=Absalom Koiner.jpg

|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={{birth date|1824|08|05}}

|birth_place=Augusta, Virginia, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1920|12|31|1824|08|05}}

|death_place=Augusta, Virginia, U.S.

|party=Democratic

|spouse={{marriage|Virginia Koiner|April 15, 1850}}

|education=University of Virginia

|signature=Absalom Koiner signature.png

|allegiance={{flag|Confederate States}}

|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.{{cite book|title=Men of Mark in Virginia: Ideals of American Life|volume=1|date=1906|pages=92–97|publisher=Men of Mark Publishing Co.|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://archive.org/details/menofmarkinvirgi01tyle/|accessdate=February 24, 2022|via=Internet Archive}}

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.https://civilwarintheeast.com/confederate-regiments/virginia/5th-virginia-infantry-regiment/ Koiner was promoted to Major on September 11, 1861.