Alternate Spellings of Maiden Name: Sailor, Saylor. Primary Alternate Spellings of Married Surname: Keiser, Keizer. Secondary Alternate Spellings of Married Surname: Kaiser, Kiser, Kizer.
Born in Pennsylvania on 8 November 1820, Margaret (Saylor) Keiser was the wife of Civil War soldier, Private Uriah William Keiser (nickname "Urie"). They were married in Perry County, Pennsylvania on 22 March 1844. Together, they resided in Saville Township, Perry County with their children: Emanuel H. (born on 2 September 1844), Sarah (born sometime around 1846), Margaret A. (born on 24 November 1848) and Joseph T. (born on 2 December 1851).
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Margaret Keiser's eldest son, Emanuel, enrolled for Civil War service on 27 November 1863 at Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. There, he also mustered in as a Private with Company C of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Less than a month later, Margaret's husband, Uriah, then also enrolled for Civil War military service. Mustering in at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania on 20 February 1864, he also entered as a Private with the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, but was placed on the 47th's roster of "Unassigned Men." According to the U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension application later filed by Margaret Keiser, Uriah remained on the roster of Unsassigned Men for the duration of his service while Emanuel remained with Company C.
Both of the Keiser men joined just in time to help the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers make history as the only Pennsylvania regiment to participate in Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana from March to May 1864.
Marching hundreds of miles with their regiment, and often short on food and water, they fought with the 47th Pennsylvania in the Battles of Sabine Cross Roads/Mansfield and Pleasant Hill (8-9 April 1864). On 23 April, the 47th and their fellow brigade members crossed the Cane River via Monett’s Ferry and, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Bailey, helped to build a dam from 30 April through 10 May, to enable federal gunboats to easily traverse the Red River’s rapids. Beginning 16 May, most of the 47th moved from Simmsport across the Atchafalaya to Morganza.
WIDOWED BY HER HUSBAND
Sadly, Margaret's husband, Private Uriah Keizer, became one of those whose service with the 47th Pennsylvania was short lived. Sometime during the Red River Campaign, he fell ill with tertiary intermittent fever or camp fever, as well as other medical complications. He was initially admitted to Union Army medical facilities at St. Laurel Hill before being transferred to the Union's Marine General Hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana on 23 May 1864.
Transferred from the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers to the Veterans Reserve Corps (also known as the "invalid corps") on 22 June 1864, he died from disease-related complications at the Union Marine General or Barracks Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana on 18 or 29 July 1864, and was laid to rest at the Chalmette National Cemetery (Find A Grave Memorial #126911290).
Meanwhile, she kept the home fires burning while her son Emanuel continued to serve as a soldier with the 47th Pennsylvania's Company C. Shipped north with his regiment, he participated in the fighting at Snicker's Gap (mid-July 1864) and in legendary General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning, Fall 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including at the Battles of Berryville, Opequan and Fisher's Hill (September 1864) and Cedar Creek (19 October 1864).
Participating in the defense of the nation's capital following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Private Keiser also took part in early Reconstruction efforts with his regiment in Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina until receiving his honorable discharge on Christmas Day 1865. Afterward, he returned home to his family in Pennsylvania.
DEATH OF MARGARET KEISER
Sadly, the children of Private Uriah Keizer were orphaned soon after the Civil War's end when their mother, Margaret (Saylor) Keiser, passed away in Saville Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania on 5 September 1866. She was laid to rest at the Buffalo Stone Church Cemetery in Saville Township on 7 September.
A guardian, Andrew Foy (alternate spelling "Loy"), a 50-year-old resident of Madison Township in Perry County, was appointed to protect the welfare of the youngest Keiser children (Margaret A. and Joseph T.); he subsequently filed for Private Uriah Keiser's Civil War Pension with the assistance of Washington, D.C.-based attorney William Helmick, and then administered that pension of behalf of the Keiser children from the time of its award (awarded at $8.00 per month, beginning 5 April 1869; retroactive to 29 July 1864) through 1 December 1867 when Private Keiser's youngest child, Joseph, turned 16.
Sources:
1. "Civil War Muster Rolls," in "Records of the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs (Record Group 19, Series 19.11)." Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
2. "Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1865." Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State Archives.
3. "Keizer, Uriah," in "U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files" and "U.S. Civil War Claims for Minor's Pension Files." Washington, D.C. U.S. National Archives, 1864-1867.
4. U.S. Census (1850-1900) and U.S. Veterans' Schedule (1890). Washington, D.C.
Born in Pennsylvania on 8 November 1820, Margaret (Saylor) Keiser was the wife of Civil War soldier, Private Uriah William Keiser (nickname "Urie"). They were married in Perry County, Pennsylvania on 22 March 1844. Together, they resided in Saville Township, Perry County with their children: Emanuel H. (born on 2 September 1844), Sarah (born sometime around 1846), Margaret A. (born on 24 November 1848) and Joseph T. (born on 2 December 1851).
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Margaret Keiser's eldest son, Emanuel, enrolled for Civil War service on 27 November 1863 at Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. There, he also mustered in as a Private with Company C of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Less than a month later, Margaret's husband, Uriah, then also enrolled for Civil War military service. Mustering in at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania on 20 February 1864, he also entered as a Private with the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, but was placed on the 47th's roster of "Unassigned Men." According to the U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension application later filed by Margaret Keiser, Uriah remained on the roster of Unsassigned Men for the duration of his service while Emanuel remained with Company C.
Both of the Keiser men joined just in time to help the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers make history as the only Pennsylvania regiment to participate in Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana from March to May 1864.
Marching hundreds of miles with their regiment, and often short on food and water, they fought with the 47th Pennsylvania in the Battles of Sabine Cross Roads/Mansfield and Pleasant Hill (8-9 April 1864). On 23 April, the 47th and their fellow brigade members crossed the Cane River via Monett’s Ferry and, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Bailey, helped to build a dam from 30 April through 10 May, to enable federal gunboats to easily traverse the Red River’s rapids. Beginning 16 May, most of the 47th moved from Simmsport across the Atchafalaya to Morganza.
WIDOWED BY HER HUSBAND
Sadly, Margaret's husband, Private Uriah Keizer, became one of those whose service with the 47th Pennsylvania was short lived. Sometime during the Red River Campaign, he fell ill with tertiary intermittent fever or camp fever, as well as other medical complications. He was initially admitted to Union Army medical facilities at St. Laurel Hill before being transferred to the Union's Marine General Hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana on 23 May 1864.
Transferred from the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers to the Veterans Reserve Corps (also known as the "invalid corps") on 22 June 1864, he died from disease-related complications at the Union Marine General or Barracks Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana on 18 or 29 July 1864, and was laid to rest at the Chalmette National Cemetery (Find A Grave Memorial #126911290).
Meanwhile, she kept the home fires burning while her son Emanuel continued to serve as a soldier with the 47th Pennsylvania's Company C. Shipped north with his regiment, he participated in the fighting at Snicker's Gap (mid-July 1864) and in legendary General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning, Fall 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including at the Battles of Berryville, Opequan and Fisher's Hill (September 1864) and Cedar Creek (19 October 1864).
Participating in the defense of the nation's capital following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Private Keiser also took part in early Reconstruction efforts with his regiment in Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina until receiving his honorable discharge on Christmas Day 1865. Afterward, he returned home to his family in Pennsylvania.
DEATH OF MARGARET KEISER
Sadly, the children of Private Uriah Keizer were orphaned soon after the Civil War's end when their mother, Margaret (Saylor) Keiser, passed away in Saville Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania on 5 September 1866. She was laid to rest at the Buffalo Stone Church Cemetery in Saville Township on 7 September.
A guardian, Andrew Foy (alternate spelling "Loy"), a 50-year-old resident of Madison Township in Perry County, was appointed to protect the welfare of the youngest Keiser children (Margaret A. and Joseph T.); he subsequently filed for Private Uriah Keiser's Civil War Pension with the assistance of Washington, D.C.-based attorney William Helmick, and then administered that pension of behalf of the Keiser children from the time of its award (awarded at $8.00 per month, beginning 5 April 1869; retroactive to 29 July 1864) through 1 December 1867 when Private Keiser's youngest child, Joseph, turned 16.
Sources:
1. "Civil War Muster Rolls," in "Records of the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs (Record Group 19, Series 19.11)." Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
2. "Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1865." Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State Archives.
3. "Keizer, Uriah," in "U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files" and "U.S. Civil War Claims for Minor's Pension Files." Washington, D.C. U.S. National Archives, 1864-1867.
4. U.S. Census (1850-1900) and U.S. Veterans' Schedule (1890). Washington, D.C.
Alternate Spellings of Maiden Name: Sailor, Saylor. Primary Alternate Spellings of Married Surname: Keiser, Keizer. Secondary Alternate Spellings of Married Surname: Kaiser, Kiser, Kizer.
Born in Pennsylvania on 8 November 1820, Margaret (Saylor) Keiser was the wife of Civil War soldier, Private Uriah William Keiser (nickname "Urie"). They were married in Perry County, Pennsylvania on 22 March 1844. Together, they resided in Saville Township, Perry County with their children: Emanuel H. (born on 2 September 1844), Sarah (born sometime around 1846), Margaret A. (born on 24 November 1848) and Joseph T. (born on 2 December 1851).
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Margaret Keiser's eldest son, Emanuel, enrolled for Civil War service on 27 November 1863 at Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. There, he also mustered in as a Private with Company C of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Less than a month later, Margaret's husband, Uriah, then also enrolled for Civil War military service. Mustering in at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania on 20 February 1864, he also entered as a Private with the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, but was placed on the 47th's roster of "Unassigned Men." According to the U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension application later filed by Margaret Keiser, Uriah remained on the roster of Unsassigned Men for the duration of his service while Emanuel remained with Company C.
Both of the Keiser men joined just in time to help the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers make history as the only Pennsylvania regiment to participate in Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana from March to May 1864.
Marching hundreds of miles with their regiment, and often short on food and water, they fought with the 47th Pennsylvania in the Battles of Sabine Cross Roads/Mansfield and Pleasant Hill (8-9 April 1864). On 23 April, the 47th and their fellow brigade members crossed the Cane River via Monett’s Ferry and, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Bailey, helped to build a dam from 30 April through 10 May, to enable federal gunboats to easily traverse the Red River’s rapids. Beginning 16 May, most of the 47th moved from Simmsport across the Atchafalaya to Morganza.
WIDOWED BY HER HUSBAND
Sadly, Margaret's husband, Private Uriah Keizer, became one of those whose service with the 47th Pennsylvania was short lived. Sometime during the Red River Campaign, he fell ill with tertiary intermittent fever or camp fever, as well as other medical complications. He was initially admitted to Union Army medical facilities at St. Laurel Hill before being transferred to the Union's Marine General Hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana on 23 May 1864.
Transferred from the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers to the Veterans Reserve Corps (also known as the "invalid corps") on 22 June 1864, he died from disease-related complications at the Union Marine General or Barracks Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana on 18 or 29 July 1864, and was laid to rest at the Chalmette National Cemetery (Find A Grave Memorial #126911290).
Meanwhile, she kept the home fires burning while her son Emanuel continued to serve as a soldier with the 47th Pennsylvania's Company C. Shipped north with his regiment, he participated in the fighting at Snicker's Gap (mid-July 1864) and in legendary General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning, Fall 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including at the Battles of Berryville, Opequan and Fisher's Hill (September 1864) and Cedar Creek (19 October 1864).
Participating in the defense of the nation's capital following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Private Keiser also took part in early Reconstruction efforts with his regiment in Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina until receiving his honorable discharge on Christmas Day 1865. Afterward, he returned home to his family in Pennsylvania.
DEATH OF MARGARET KEISER
Sadly, the children of Private Uriah Keizer were orphaned soon after the Civil War's end when their mother, Margaret (Saylor) Keiser, passed away in Saville Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania on 5 September 1866. She was laid to rest at the Buffalo Stone Church Cemetery in Saville Township on 7 September.
A guardian, Andrew Foy (alternate spelling "Loy"), a 50-year-old resident of Madison Township in Perry County, was appointed to protect the welfare of the youngest Keiser children (Margaret A. and Joseph T.); he subsequently filed for Private Uriah Keiser's Civil War Pension with the assistance of Washington, D.C.-based attorney William Helmick, and then administered that pension of behalf of the Keiser children from the time of its award (awarded at $8.00 per month, beginning 5 April 1869; retroactive to 29 July 1864) through 1 December 1867 when Private Keiser's youngest child, Joseph, turned 16.
Sources:
1. "Civil War Muster Rolls," in "Records of the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs (Record Group 19, Series 19.11)." Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
2. "Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1865." Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State Archives.
3. "Keizer, Uriah," in "U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files" and "U.S. Civil War Claims for Minor's Pension Files." Washington, D.C. U.S. National Archives, 1864-1867.
4. U.S. Census (1850-1900) and U.S. Veterans' Schedule (1890). Washington, D.C.
Born in Pennsylvania on 8 November 1820, Margaret (Saylor) Keiser was the wife of Civil War soldier, Private Uriah William Keiser (nickname "Urie"). They were married in Perry County, Pennsylvania on 22 March 1844. Together, they resided in Saville Township, Perry County with their children: Emanuel H. (born on 2 September 1844), Sarah (born sometime around 1846), Margaret A. (born on 24 November 1848) and Joseph T. (born on 2 December 1851).
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Margaret Keiser's eldest son, Emanuel, enrolled for Civil War service on 27 November 1863 at Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. There, he also mustered in as a Private with Company C of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers.
Less than a month later, Margaret's husband, Uriah, then also enrolled for Civil War military service. Mustering in at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania on 20 February 1864, he also entered as a Private with the 47th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, but was placed on the 47th's roster of "Unassigned Men." According to the U.S. Civil War Widow's Pension application later filed by Margaret Keiser, Uriah remained on the roster of Unsassigned Men for the duration of his service while Emanuel remained with Company C.
Both of the Keiser men joined just in time to help the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers make history as the only Pennsylvania regiment to participate in Union General Nathaniel Banks' Red River Campaign across Louisiana from March to May 1864.
Marching hundreds of miles with their regiment, and often short on food and water, they fought with the 47th Pennsylvania in the Battles of Sabine Cross Roads/Mansfield and Pleasant Hill (8-9 April 1864). On 23 April, the 47th and their fellow brigade members crossed the Cane River via Monett’s Ferry and, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Bailey, helped to build a dam from 30 April through 10 May, to enable federal gunboats to easily traverse the Red River’s rapids. Beginning 16 May, most of the 47th moved from Simmsport across the Atchafalaya to Morganza.
WIDOWED BY HER HUSBAND
Sadly, Margaret's husband, Private Uriah Keizer, became one of those whose service with the 47th Pennsylvania was short lived. Sometime during the Red River Campaign, he fell ill with tertiary intermittent fever or camp fever, as well as other medical complications. He was initially admitted to Union Army medical facilities at St. Laurel Hill before being transferred to the Union's Marine General Hospital at New Orleans, Louisiana on 23 May 1864.
Transferred from the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteers to the Veterans Reserve Corps (also known as the "invalid corps") on 22 June 1864, he died from disease-related complications at the Union Marine General or Barracks Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana on 18 or 29 July 1864, and was laid to rest at the Chalmette National Cemetery (Find A Grave Memorial #126911290).
Meanwhile, she kept the home fires burning while her son Emanuel continued to serve as a soldier with the 47th Pennsylvania's Company C. Shipped north with his regiment, he participated in the fighting at Snicker's Gap (mid-July 1864) and in legendary General Philip Sheridan's tide-turning, Fall 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, including at the Battles of Berryville, Opequan and Fisher's Hill (September 1864) and Cedar Creek (19 October 1864).
Participating in the defense of the nation's capital following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Private Keiser also took part in early Reconstruction efforts with his regiment in Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina until receiving his honorable discharge on Christmas Day 1865. Afterward, he returned home to his family in Pennsylvania.
DEATH OF MARGARET KEISER
Sadly, the children of Private Uriah Keizer were orphaned soon after the Civil War's end when their mother, Margaret (Saylor) Keiser, passed away in Saville Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania on 5 September 1866. She was laid to rest at the Buffalo Stone Church Cemetery in Saville Township on 7 September.
A guardian, Andrew Foy (alternate spelling "Loy"), a 50-year-old resident of Madison Township in Perry County, was appointed to protect the welfare of the youngest Keiser children (Margaret A. and Joseph T.); he subsequently filed for Private Uriah Keiser's Civil War Pension with the assistance of Washington, D.C.-based attorney William Helmick, and then administered that pension of behalf of the Keiser children from the time of its award (awarded at $8.00 per month, beginning 5 April 1869; retroactive to 29 July 1864) through 1 December 1867 when Private Keiser's youngest child, Joseph, turned 16.
Sources:
1. "Civil War Muster Rolls," in "Records of the Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs (Record Group 19, Series 19.11)." Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
2. "Civil War Veterans' Card File, 1861-1865." Harrisburg: Pennsylvania State Archives.
3. "Keizer, Uriah," in "U.S. Civil War Widows' Pension Files" and "U.S. Civil War Claims for Minor's Pension Files." Washington, D.C. U.S. National Archives, 1864-1867.
4. U.S. Census (1850-1900) and U.S. Veterans' Schedule (1890). Washington, D.C.
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