David Ballard of Marysville, Kansas, enlisted and was mustered into Company H, 2nd Kansas Cavalry on January 10, 1862, as a private; he was promoted the same day to first lieutenant with the same company.

The 2nd Kansas Cavalry was organized on November 8, 1861, at Kansas City, Kansas; the regiment fought at Old Fort Wayne, Prairie Grove, Devil’s Backbone, and in the Camden Expedition.

Ballard resigned his commission on February 15, 1865, at Little Rock, Arkansas.

Carte-de-Visite by R.H. Kimball & Co., Leavenworth, Kan.

Image Courtesy Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield; WICR 31938