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The following collection of amazing letters written by David Ballenger during the Civil War are being posted on this site with the kind permission of his great-grandson, Mr. Doug Hargett. They may not be reproduced, copied or published without his permission. Jump to the David Ballenger Collection Background on David Ballenger (about 1831 SC - 1909 SC) I am in the process of doing some research on David Ballenger and his family for Doug Hargett and will post additional information as I learn it. According to Doug, David was the son of Joshua and Mary Davis Ballenger from Greenville County, South Carolina. Joshua was the son of John and Alsie Leachman Ballenger and they were from Spartanburg County, South Carolina. There are a number of families found living in and around Lamar County, Alabama that were also from these areas in South Carolina. Through census records thus far, I have been able to determine that Joshua and Mary Davis Ballenger were the parents of 8 children: Elizabeth, Tinsley b. 1817 SC, Elijah, Margaret b. 1824-25 SC, James, Alberry, David abt. 1831 - 1909, and John 1832 - 1833. David married Nancy Foster and they lived in Greenville County, South Carolina, but he had cousins living in this area. Doug has related that before the Civil War David, who was a school teacher, went to Texas to earn money. After the War broke out, on his way back home to South Carolina, he stopped off in Fayette County, Alabama, where Isaac Henry Sanders, Captain 26th Ala Inf. CSA Co. D, signed him up for service. David served with Isaac Henry Sanders in this unit until he resigned his commission and returned home to South Carolina, where he joined up with a unit there. There is also a letter in the David Ballenger collection from Isaac Henry Sanders (webmaster's great-great-great grandfather) to David Ballenger, which is how I learned of the existence of the collection to begin with. I feel that the inclusion of these letters on this website is one of the most exciting pieces of history that we have to offer not only because of the incredible detail that David Ballenger uses to describe what is happening during the battles of the Civil War, but also because he mentions fellow soldiers that are from this area. Thank you once again to Mr. Doug Hargett for kindly granting permission for these letters to be shared on this site! Allison Saxman, Webmaster The David Ballenger Collection (transcription in process, started 2/25/2004) "Just before the outbreak of the Civil War, my father, Capt. David Ballenger, rode a horse-back from South Carolina to Texas, being on the road 60 days. Some days he would ride all day without seeing a man. When he arrived in Texas, he visited some relatives, taught school a while, and then saddled his horse and started back to South Carolina. When he arrived in Alabama, he stopped to visit some kins people, and while there he volunteer [sic] in the 26th Alabama Reginmet [sic]. From this time on you find him at various places, staying in the War untill [sic] the surrender. He had been home on furlough, and was some where in N. C. when the end came. J. P. Ballenger"
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