Ball, Patrick

2012-08-09 05:50 PM
1825-08-24
1826-08-24
1864-08-30
1864-08-30
Ball was 37 years old upon entering the military on August 24, 1863. Ball died while serving as a private in H Company, 49th Pennsylvania, and is buried at Andersonville National Cemetery, Andersonville, Georgia.

Sources

  • "Patrick Ball (Union)," in The American Civil War Research Database [database online], Alexander Street Press, 2011. 9 November 2011. View source information 
  • The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865), part 1, vol 2, (Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1870). View source information 

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Emory General Hospital

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Relationship updated: 2011-11-09 10:16 PM
  • Dates: Jul 03, 1862 - Jul 20, 1865
  • Place information: Mainly a convalescent hospital, Emory General was located in wooden barracks formerly used by the Sixth U.S. Cavalry. Upon its close, Emory General sent its patients to Lincoln General Hospital.
Relationship information: Ball received a bayonet wound of the scalp on May 8, 1864 at Wilderness, Virginia. Ball was hospitalized at Emory Hospital, Washington, DC from May 13, 1864 until May 16, 1864.

Related Organizations

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49th Pennsylvania Infantry

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Relationship updated: 2011-11-09 10:14 PM
  • Organization Dates: Oct 01, 1861 - Jul 15, 1865
  • Organization information: The 49th Pennsylvania Infantry organized at Camp Curtin, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on October 1, 1861, and was mustered out at Hall's Hill, Virginia on July 15, 1865.
Relationship information: Patrick Ball was drafted into H Company, 49th Pennsylvania as a private on August 24, 1863. Ball died as a prisoner while serving in this regiment on August 30, 1864 at Andersonville, Georgia.