Background
Ballou, Charles Clarendon was born on June 13, 1862 in Orange Tp., New York, United States. Son of William Hosea and Julia A. (Hendrick) Ballou.
Ballou, Charles Clarendon was born on June 13, 1862 in Orange Tp., New York, United States. Son of William Hosea and Julia A. (Hendrick) Ballou.
United States Military Academy, graduate, 1886. Infantry and Cavalry School, 1897-1898. Field Officers’ School, 1916.
War College, 1916-1917.
Commissioned Second lieutenant 16th Infantry, July 1, 1886. Promoted through grades to colonel, July 19, 1916.
Brigadier general North.A., August 5, 1917. Major general North.A., November 28, 1917.
Retired June 13, 1926.
General North.A., August; major general North.A., November 28, 1917.
Served as major 7th Illinois Infantry Volumes, July 8-October.20, 1898.