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Pvt Hardy Sellers Sellars

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Pvt Hardy Sellers Sellars

Birth
Mississippi, USA
Death
26 Dec 1863 (aged 20–21)
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section: A, Grave # 74
Memorial ID
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SELLARS, HARDY PVT
Co. B, 27 Reg't Mississippi Inf
Dec 26 1863

Hardy Sellars (Sellers) enlisted in the CSA on May 11, 1862 in Ellisville, MS; he served with Company B, 27th Mississippi Infantry, known as Rosin Heels, and commanded by Captain Amos McLemore. He was captured in winter during the Battle of Lookout Mountain on Nov 24, 1863 and was sent to the Union POW Camp in Rock Island County, IL. He developed pneumonia and died on Dec 26, 1863. He is buried in the Rock Island Confederate Cemetery, #74. He was a son of John J. Sellers and Sarah Joriah McLemore and he never married.
SELLARS, HARDY PVT
Co. B, 27 Reg't Mississippi Inf
Dec 26 1863

Hardy Sellars (Sellers) enlisted in the CSA on May 11, 1862 in Ellisville, MS; he served with Company B, 27th Mississippi Infantry, known as Rosin Heels, and commanded by Captain Amos McLemore. He was captured in winter during the Battle of Lookout Mountain on Nov 24, 1863 and was sent to the Union POW Camp in Rock Island County, IL. He developed pneumonia and died on Dec 26, 1863. He is buried in the Rock Island Confederate Cemetery, #74. He was a son of John J. Sellers and Sarah Joriah McLemore and he never married.

Inscription

74
HARDY SELLARS
Co. B
27 MISS. REG.
C.S.A.



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  • Maintained by: MyrtisJane
  • Originally Created by: Bev
  • Added: Jul 28, 2004
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9195424/hardy_sellers-sellars: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Hardy Sellers Sellars (1842–26 Dec 1863), Find a Grave Memorial ID 9195424, citing Rock Island Confederate Cemetery, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by MyrtisJane (contributor 47090616).