"My Very Dear Wife" - The Last Letter of Major Sullivan Ballou
2015年2月3日 — With the movement of the federal forces into Virginia imminent, Sullivan Ballou penned this letter to his wife. His concern that he "should fall on the battle-field" proved all too true. One week after composing his missive, as the war's first major battle began in earnest on the plains of Manassas, Ballou was struck and killed as the Rhode ...
Sullivan Ballou - Wikipedia
Sullivan Ballou (March 28, 1829 – July 29, 1861) was an American lawyer and politician from Rhode Island, and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered for an eloquent letter he wrote to his wife Sarah a week before he was mortally wounded in the First Battle of Bull Run .
Sullivan Ballou Letter - American Battlefield Trust
The last letter from Major Sullivan Ballou, written to his wife leading up to the battle at First Bull Run. Headquarters, Camp Clark Washington, D.C., July 14, 1861. My Very Dear Wife: Indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days, perhaps to-morrow.
Sullivan Ballou Letter | The Civil War | Ken Burns - PBS
Ballou immediately entered the military after the war broke out in 1861. He became judge advocate of the Rhode Island militia and was 32 at the time of his death at the First Battle of Bull Run...
The Civil War Love Letter of Sullivan Ballou
2014年2月9日 — On July 14, 1861, Union Army Maj. Sullivan Ballou sat down in Washington, D.C., to write a love letter to his wife of six years. It was his last.
"Not my will, but thine, O God be done." If it is necessary that I should fall on the battle field for my Country, I am ready. I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter.
Letter from Captain Sullivan Ballou to His Wife Sarah
2010年10月24日 — Our movement may be one of a few days duration and full of pleasure -- and it may be one of severe conflict and death to me. Not my will, but thine O God, be done. If it is necessary that I should fall on the battlefield for my country, I am ready.
When Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers following the fall of Fort Sumter, 32 year old Sullivan Ballou quickly joined a unit of Rhode Island volunteers and headed off to Virginia to preserve the Union. He wrote this letter to his wife Sarah before being ordered to Manassas, where he would die fighting on Matthews Hill. Headquarters, Camp Clark
Sullivan Ballou Letter - Civil War
Not my will, but thine 0 God, be done. If it is necessary that I should fall on the battlefield for my country, I am ready. I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in, the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter.
Sullivan Ballou’s Last Letter - teachthecivilwar.com
2024年2月14日 — With the federal forces preparing to move into Virginia, Sullivan Ballou wrote a heartfelt letter to his wife. Tragically, his fear of perishing on the battlefield became a grim reality. Just one week after composing his letter, as the first significant battle of the war erupted on the plains of Manassas, Ballou was struck down and killed while ...
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