Keyser's Boy Company Virginia Reserves

A Brief History of the Unit

On May 28, 1864, Captain Thomas Keyser formed Keyser’s Boy Company of Reserves in Page County. Consisting of boys between the ages of 17 and 18, no record has been found of this company completing its organization and it is likely that the company was merged into the 1st Battalion Valley Reserves. All members of the company are shown to have enlisted on May 28, 1864 at Luray. However, it is likely that another “Boy Company” was formed prior to Keyser’s organization. An unusual item to note is that while Keyser’s company had been enlisted toward the latter part of May, several members of his company are shown as having joined the 62nd Virginia Infantry on May 4, 1864.

Alphabetical Listing of the Page County Young Men that served in Keyser's Company
Complete Roster with Upcoming Improvements

ATWOOD, Gideon N.

BERRY, James
BOYRD, John F.
BRUBAKER, Joseph T.

COMPTON, Wilson M.
CULLINS, John C.

DIEJLINGER, George W.
DORROUGH, Elijah R.
DOVEL, Isaac Newton
DOWNING, John

FENTRY, Pierce E.

GOCHENOUR, Henry
GRAYSON, William E.

HOUSDEN, James K.P.
HUGH, Henry

JUDY, O'Bannion

KAUFFMAN, Isaac F.
KAUFFMAN, Phillip M.
KEYSER, Peter J.
KEYSER, Thomas E.
KITE, Lewis W.
KITE, Thomas

LOCKHART, R. R.
LUCAS, John F.

MADDOX, Bennett
MADDOX, James A.
MARTIN, James F.
MAUCK, James N.
MENEFEE, James A.
MORRIS, William J.

OFFENBACKER, Siram W.

RICKARD, Charles B.
RICKARD, Calvin
ROGERS, Emanuel C.
ROTHGEB, George E.

SEEKFORD, Noah
SHENK, Joseph
SMELSER, Whorton
STUKLEN, D. A. J.

TRIPLETT, James

WELFLY, William F.
WOOD, James W.
WOODWARD, William

YOWELL, David M.

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