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J. Sellers, 3rd Lieutenant, Company A, 9th Tennessee Cavalry, cards filed with Jo. Sillars
Joseph Sillers/Sellers, enrolled as a 3rd Lieutenant in Company A, 3rd Regiment Cavalry, Morgans Brigade* September 1, 1862 in Simmer County, Tennessee, present at January 10, 1865 muster
* Bennett's Battalion Tennessee Cavalry, Morgan's Brigade, was organized about August, 1862, and increased to a regiment about November 24, 1862, with ten companies, two of which, Captain Deathridge's Company and Captain White's Company, were on detached service and apparently never joined this organization. Later Captain McCann's Company and Captain Blackman's Company, both of Douglas' Batalion Tennessee Partisan Rangers, were added to complete the regiment. Most of the men were captured on General Morgan's expedition into Ohio in 1863 and the remnant of the regiment afterward sesrved in the 1st Battalion Kentucky Cavalry, Duke's Brigade.
The regiment was designated the 9th Regiment Tennessee Cavalry, but it was also known as Bennnett's Regiment Tennessee Cavalry and as the 3rd Regiment Morgan's Brigade.
M268: Complied Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee