Sullivan Ballou Letter | The Civil War | Ken Burns - PBS
Although Sarah would receive other, decidedly more upbeat letters dated after the now-famous letter from the battlefield, the letter in question would be found among Sullivan's effects when...
"My Very Dear Wife" - The Last Letter of Major Sullivan Ballou
2015年2月3日 · "If I do not [return], my dear Sarah, never forget how much I love you, nor that, when my last breath escapes me on the battle-field, it will whisper your name. " Major Sullivan Ballou Col. Ambrose Burnside leads his bridge, including …
Sullivan Ballou Letter - The Civil War - Ken Burns documentary
2019年1月27日 · July 14, 1861 Camp Clark, Washington My very dear Sarah: The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days — perhaps tomorrow.
The Civil War Love Letter of Sullivan Ballou
2014年2月9日 · When Sullivan Ballou got word they would march soon, he sat down and wrote his letter. It would survive for more than a century and become the centerpiece for filmmaker Ken Burns’ series The Civil War. He declares his love for Sarah and for his country in …
Historical Documents | The Civil War | Ken Burns - PBS
One document that illustrates the power of this technique so dramatically is a letter written from Camp Clark, Washington, D.C., by Sullivan Ballou of the Union Army to his wife, Sarah. In this...
‘O Sarah!’ Did Sullivan Ballou’s Famed Letter Come ... - HistoryNet
2017年8月15日 · First heard on a wide scale during Ken Burns’ The Civil War documentary on September 23, 1990, a letter presented as the final missive by Major Sullivan Ballou of the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry has over the years been read repeatedly and published in many accounts as the finest expression of why Northern soldiers went to war to preserve the Union.
The story behind the Ballou letter - Tampa Bay Times
2005年10月17日 · The letter was the bedrock on which filmmaker Ken Burns built the final sequence of the first night of The Civil War, his five-night, 11-hour epic achievement that is the pinnacle of the...
THE SPIRIT OF THE LETTER - Chicago Tribune
1990年12月26日 · A loving, eloquent letter written on the eve of battle by a doomed soldier to his beloved wife-brilliantly presented in sight and sound on screen-did more than embody the soul of Ken Burns`...
Sullivan Ballou’s Civil War letter embodies love: OUR HISTORY
2021年7月28日 · Two weeks earlier he had written a very eloquent and heartfelt love letter to his wife, Sarah. The letter catapulted to national prominence when a segment of it was read in Ken Burns’ documentary, The Civil War, airing on PBS in 1990.
Honorable Manhood | The Civil War - PBS LearningMedia
On July 14, 1861, Sullivan Ballou, a major in the Second Rhode Island Volunteers, wrote a poignant letter home to his wife in Smithfield. He wrote of his deep love for her, his desire to see their sons "grow up to honorable manhood," and the possibility that he might not return; saying, "If I do not, my dear Sarah, never forget how much I love ...