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Persoonlijke gegevens Ballard Newton Day 

• Hij is geboren op 10 oktober 1825 in Anderson County, South Carolina.Bronnen 1, 2, 3
• Volkstelling in het jaar 1880, Cooke County, Texas.Bron 4

  This census listed Ballard as "B.N. Day", 55 years old, born in South Carolina, and a farmer by trade. His wife, Elizabeth, was listed as being born in Mississippi, 41 years old and her occupation was house keeping. Her mother was born in Mississippi, her father was unknown.
  
  One child, Ballard, was listed as being 8 years old and born in Texas. Also listed was Michael Gerren, a farm hand who was 30 years old and born in North Carolina. Both of his parents were also born in North Carolina.

• (Living) tussen 1905 en 1908 in Houston (Harris County), Texas.Bron 5
• (Military) tussen 1862 en 9 april 1865 in Red River County, Texas.Bronnen 5, 6

  Ballard joined up with the Confederate Army and became a private in Terrell's Texas Cavalry Regiment, Thirty-Fourth Texas Cavalry, Company 'H'. He was a courier, dispatching messages between regiments.
  
  Of the many skirmishes John and the rest of the cavalry faced, the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill was one of the best renown. Know as the "Union Red River Campaign", these battles began with the orders given by General Edmund Kirby Smith (Commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department) to send reinforcements from Major General Richard Taylor's army near Pleasant Hill to face Union General Nathaniel P. Banks and his forces.
  
  When one of Taylor's division arrived in Pleasant Hill on 5 Apr 1864, only Terrell's Cavalry and two other divisions were on the scene.
  
  On April 8th, these units skirmished with the advancing Federal army south of Mansfield and held it back while Taylor's infantry units formed a line of battle. The cavalrymen fell back to the army's right flank, but Taylor soon ordered Terrell to reinforce other cavalry units on the army's left. The regiment participated in the battle fought that afternoon, fighting dismounted alongside the infantrymen. Terrell chose to remain mounted as he led his men in the assault. After the Federals were routed, Terrell's men quickly retrieved their horses so that they could conduct a pursuit. They had acquitted themselves well in their first engagement with the enemy.
  
  At the Battle of Pleasant Hill on April 9th, Terrell led his men in an attack on the Union army's left flank. The rough terrain and confused battle lines resulted in Terrell and one of his companies being cut off from the rest of the army. It took them most of the night to make their way back to their own lines. Because of the severe fighting, they had seen on those two days, the men of the regiment were not heavily engaged in the Battle of Blair's Landing on April 12th but acted as flank guards.
  
  The regiment continued its fight as the army pursued the Federals down the Red River. In an engagement at Bayou Lamourie on May 7th, Terrell led an attack that ran into a hidden force of Federals and was thrown back with dozens of casualties. Terrell's men were held in reserve when the Battle of Yellow Bayou (May 18th) began but later reinforced the right flank in time to cover its retreat. Terrell became permanent brigade commander after the conclusion of the campaign. Terrell's Texas Cavalry never surrendered.

• (Will (Admin)) voor 1873 in Cooke County, Texas.Bron 7

  According to records, Ballard administered a Will written by "H. Day". It is possible that this person is Ballard's father, Hezekiah.

• Hij is overleden op 9 augustus 1909 in Shreveport (Caddo County), Louisiana, hij was toen 83 jaar oud.Bron 5

  Why he was in Louisiana is still a puzzle. Ballard was 83 years, 9 months, and 30 days old. It is not sure where he was laid to rest.

• Een kind van Hezekiah J. Day en Elizabeth Brock
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 4 september 2018.

Gezin van Ballard Newton Day

Hij is getrouwd met Elizabeth Weeks.

Zij zijn getrouwd op 5 januari 1867 te Smith County, Texas, hij was toen 41 jaar oud.Bronnen 5, 8

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1. Ballard Day  ± 1872-????

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