Edward M. Ballard (abt. 1835 - 1863)

Born about 1835 in Benton, Tennessee, United States

Died 20 Aug 1863 at about age 28 in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States

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Pvt Edward Ballard served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1863
Mustered out: 1863, Died while POW
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): 9th Tennessee Cavalry (Ward's)

Biography

Edward was born about 1835 in Tennessee. He married Sylvester C Jenkins on 22 April 1860. In 1863 he joined the 9th Tennessee Cavalry and was captured in his home county on May 26 1863. He was taken to the Alton Military Prison on June 29. He died of smallpox on 20 August. He is on both the Small Pox Island and the Alton Confederate Cemetery Monuments, but it is uncertain where he was buried.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD7-91P : 12 April 2016), Edward Ballard in household of Alfred Ballard, Benton county, Benton, Tennessee, United States; citing family 339, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK41-424D : 22 December 2016), Edward M Ballard and Sylvester C Jenkins, 22 Apr 1860; citing Henry, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,032,072.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8T7-FQ9 : 12 December 2017), E M Ballard, 1860.
• "Tennessee, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZQ1-MSZ : 4 December 2014), Edward M Ballard, 1863; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Tennessee," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit Ninth Cavalry AND Ninth (Ward's) Cavalry, A-B, NARA microfilm publication M268 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1960), roll 39.
• "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F9VP-3ZX : 4 December 2014), Edward M. Ballard, Private, Company E, 9th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate; citing NARA microfilm publication M231 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 880,056.
• "United States Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North,1861-1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1W-Y6VZ : 16 March 2018), E M Ballard, 26 Aug 1863; citing Death, Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States, p. 2, NARA microfilm publication M918 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1; FHL microfilm 1,024,456.
• Selected records of the War Department relating to Confederate prisoners of war, 1861-1865 [microform]. U.S. War Department. Published 1965. NARA publication M598 Roll 13, page 212

Research Notes

Note: both monuments have him listed as being in Bell's Arkansas. But the intake records (the first records made) at the Prison have him in the 9th Tennessee, company E. Still hunting for the source of the error--probably occurred in transcription into the Register of Confederates and Civilians Who Died in the North. But the fact he was captured in his home county supports the 9th Tennessee.

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