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Group 8

Alexius Vincent Keepers[1]

Rank:  Private, Company F, 2^nd Maryland Infantry

Born/died:  May 4, 1843 – February 2, 1924

Cause of death:  

Residence at death: Near Emmitsburg, Maryland

Served:  ? – April 9, 1865

Age at enlistment: Abt. 18

Remarks:

It does not appear that Maryland provided a pension to soldiers who fought for the confederacy.  There is only one card in his file:  A. V. Keepers, March 25, 1864; his signature is on a receipt for clothing, and under Remarks is written "Paroled Prisoner."

He is listed in “The Maryland Line in the Confederate Army.”[2]  The text noted that he was "wounded slightly", and "surrendered at Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865."  His great-granddaughter stated: “Alexius V. Keepers was wounded in the battle at Devil's Den at Gettysburg.  Alexius and Mary Elizabeth spent most of their life at Travanian Farm, Carroll County, MD.  They retired to the farm of Mary Elizabeth's father, Peter Seabold, near Emmitsburg, MD.”[3] 

His estranged brother, Joseph, fought for the union cause.  There was a religious division in the family.  Joseph was also wounded – quite severely.  He took a musket ball through his neck during a cavalry battle at Beverly’s Ford, Virginia, and never fully recovered from the wound.

Alexius and Mary Elizabeth (Seabold) Keepers were married after the war and raised ten children.  At the homestead where they retired, they kept an “English kitchen”- that is, the kitchen was in the basement.[4]

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