"My Very Dear Wife" - The Last Letter of Major Sullivan Ballou
2015年2月3日 · Read the famous letter that Major Sullivan Ballou wrote to his wife before the First Battle of Manassas in 1861. He expressed his love, his patriotism, and his fears of death on the battlefield.
Read the full text of the letter that Sullivan Ballou wrote to his wife before joining the Civil War in 1861. He expressed his love for his country, his family and his faith in God.
Read the moving letter that Maj. Sullivan Ballou wrote to his wife before dying at the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. Learn about his life, career, and legacy as a Rhode Island politician and lawyer.
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 - American Battlefield Trust
The last letter from Major Sullivan Ballou, written to his wife leading up to the battle at First Bull Run.
Sullivan Ballou Letter | The Civil War | Ken Burns - PBS
Read the heartfelt farewell letter of a Union soldier to his wife before he died in the First Battle of Bull Run. Learn about the life and legacy of Sullivan Ballou and his wife Sarah, who...
Collection: Sullivan Ballou letter - Dartmouth
Three-page letter from Sullivan Ballou from Camp Clark in Washington, DC to Sarah [Ballou] with sentiments on the eve of the First Battle of Bull Run. Includes old copy of letter and photographic negative and print of portion of p. 1 accompany letter. …
Sullivan Ballou Letter - Civil War
Letter to his wife while he was stationed in Washington, DC during the Civil War. The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days - perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write you again, I feel impelled to write lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be no more.
Letter to Sarah Ballou - Short Stories and Classic Literature
2022年7月14日 · Sullivan Ballou's letter is featured in our collection of Civil War Stories. Currier & Ives, American Civil War Print, 1861-65 July the 14th, 1861 Washington D.C.
Letter from Captain Sullivan Ballou to His Wife Sarah
2010年10月24日 · Tell my two mothers his and hers I call God's blessing upon them. O Sarah, I wait for you there! Come to me, and lead thither my children. Sullivan. Return to the top of the page.
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