CONFEDERATE TENNESSEE TROOPS
9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry (Ward's)
- Overview:
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9th Cavalry Regiment [also called 13th or 15th Cavalry] was organized as an eight-company
battalion in September, 1862, then two other companies were assigned in November. The men
were from Sumner, Trousdale, Smith, and Wilson counties. It skirmished in Tennessee and
Kentucky and served in General Morgan's Brigade. On Morgan's raid into Ohio during July,
1863, most of the men were captured at Buffington Island
and New Lisbon. Those that remained
went on to serve in the 1st Kentucky Cavalry Battalion. The field officers were Colonels James
D. Bennett and William W. Ward, Lieutenant Colonel R.A. Alston, and Major Richard
McCann.
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