He was 21 years old when he enlisted in 1864 (2, 3 [7 in 1850?], 4 [17 in 1860?]). He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (2).
He may be the George Ball who in 1850 was living with John J Ball (a last maker) and Elizabeth Ball, in the South Ward of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (3).
In 1860, George Ball was living in the South Ward of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with Jos [?] and Elizabeth Ball (4). He was a lastmaker (like four other Ball's living there) (5).
He was a last maker (2).
He was 5 feet 6-1/2 inches tall, and had a dark complexion, hazel eyes, and brown hair (2).
He enlisted and was mustered into service on 4 January 1864 (1) or 14 January 1864 (2). He was enlisted for three years, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Captain Stretch (2). He served as a private in company A (1).
He deserted on 16 January 1864, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1, 2). He was dropped as a deserter on 3 July 1864 (5).
1 Bates, Samuel Penniman. History of Pennsylvania volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg: B. Singerly, state printer, 1869-71. 5 volumes. 'Ninety-first regiment', volume 3, pages 186-233. (In the roster) (George Ball)
2 company A descriptive roll, entry 116 (George Ball)
3 1850 US census, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, south ward (George Ball)
4 1860 US census, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, 3rd ward, p.1047 stamped = 61 [62?] handwritten (George Ball)
5 consolidated morning report, 4 July 1864 (George Ball [?])
[I did not find an entry for him in the index on <www.ancestry.com> to the 1890 veterans' census]
[I did not find an entry for him in the index on <www.ancestry.com> to the pension index by name (searched April 2006)]
| line | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 |
| Dwellings visited | 180 | |||||
| Families visited | 195 | |||||
| Name | John J Ball | Elizabeth do | Augustus do | George do | John do | Henry do |
| Age | 37 | 31 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Sex | m | f | m | m | m | m |
| Color | ||||||
| Occupation of males over 15 years | Last Maker | |||||
| Real estate owned | ||||||
| Birthplace | 1 [sc. Penn] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Married within year | ||||||
| Attended school within year | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Over 20 & can't read/write | ||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |
| line | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Dwelling number | 407 | ||||||
| Family number | 405 | ||||||
| Name | Jos [?] Ball | Elizabeth Ball | August " | George " | John [?] " | Mary " | Cath - |
| Age | 47 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 18 |
| Sex | M | F | M | M | M | F | F |
| Color | |||||||
| Occupation | Last Maker | " " | " " | " " | Servant | ||
| Value of real estate owned | |||||||
| Value of personal estate | 1000 | ||||||
| Place of birth | " [sc. Penna] | " | " | " | " | " | " |
| Married within year | |||||||
| Attended school within year | 1 | ||||||
| Cannot read & write | |||||||
| Deaf, dumb, blind, etc. |