BRYANT BALLARD son of JAMES R BALLARD and NANCY ANN KIDD was born about 1838 in Lincoln County, Kentucky and died 04 September 1918 in Garrard County, Kentucky. He served in Company B in the 8th Kentucky Cavalry. He is buried in the Vanhook-Brewer Cemetery in Garrard County, Kentucky. Bryant would have been my Great Great Great Uncle thru GREEN BALLARD. Bryant married SARAH ELIZABETH ADAMS on 03 October 1856 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. She was born in 1842.
Submitted by: Craig Jones.
UNION KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS
8th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry
UNION KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS 8th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry Organized at Russellsville, Ky., and mustered in August 13, 1862. Attached to District of Louisville, Ky., Dept. of the Ohio, to November, 1862. Unattached, Bowling Green, District of Western Kentucky, Dept. Ohio, to June, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 23rd Army Corps, Army of Ohio, to August, 1863. Unassigned, Bowling Green, Ky. 1st Division, 23rd Army Corps, to September, 1863. SERVICE-Duty at Russellsville, Bowling Green and Hopkinsville, Ky., District of West Kentucky, and at Clarksville, Tenn., operating against guerrillas, till September, 1863. Actions at Morganfield, Ky., August 3, 1862. Madisonville August 25. Morganfield September 1. Geiger's Lake September 3. Near Madisonville September 4. Ashbysburg September 25. Henderson County November 1. Greenville Road November 5. Garrettsburg November 6. Rural Hill, Tenn., November 18. Near Nashville, Tenn., January 28, 1863. Expedition from Bowling Green, Ky., to Tennessee State Line May 2-6. Operations against Morgan July 2-26. Buffington's Island, Ohio, July 19. Mustered out September 23, 1863. Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 8 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 4 Officers and 104 Enlisted men by disease. Total 117.
