At Fold3 the 15th Confederate Cavalry is also designated as the 1st Regiment Alabama and Florida Cavalry.
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Name: H.C. Ball
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Confederate Troops
Regiment Name: 15 Confederate Cavalry.
Company: C
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M818 roll 2
Source Information: National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007.
Name: Henry Ball
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Confederate Troops
Regiment Name: 15 Confederate Cavalry.
Company: A
Film Number: M818 roll 2
Source Information: National Park Service. U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, online <http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/>, acquired 2007.
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1850 Census of Greene County, Miss.
Name: Guthrie Ball
[Henry Augustus Ball]
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1821
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1850: Division 7, Greene, Mississippi
Gender: Male
Family Number: 97
Household Members:
Name Age
Charlott Ball 69
Guthrie Ball 29
Martha Ball 22
Henry Ball 4
Charlott Ball 0
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 7, Greene, Mississippi; Roll: M432_372; Page: 38B; Image: 82.
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1860 Census of Greene County, Miss.
Name: H A Ball
Age in 1860: 39
Birth Year: abt 1821
Birthplace: Mississippi
Home in 1860: Greene, Mississippi
Gender: Male
Post Office: McLeods
Household Members:
Name Age
H A Ball 39
Martha A Ball 25
Henry C A Ball 14
Charlotta Ball 10
Elbert Ball 9
Edwart Ball 6
Malissa Ball 4
William D Ball 1
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: , Greene, Mississippi; Roll: M653_581; Page: 358; Image: 362; Family History Library Film: 803581.
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There was a James S. Ball who enlisted 8-22-1861 in Greene County, Mississippi and served in Captain Henry Roberts' Company of the 24th Regiment Mississippi Infantry.
Name: James S. Ball
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Mississippi
Regiment Name: 24 Mississippi Infantry
Company: A
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Corporal
Film Number: M232 roll 2
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