"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 …
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: …
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 …
"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 …
Sullivan Ballou's Last Letter to his Wife - Word Foundations
To mark the occasion, National Public Radio included a segment featuring a reading of a letter written by Union soldier Sullivan Ballou to his wife one week prior to the battle. Ballou was …
Love and Sacrifice: Sullivan Ballou's Letter
2023年11月6日 · A week before the Battle of Bull Run, Sullivan Ballou, a Major in the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers, wrote home to his wife for a final time. The GPO will read his heartfelt letter …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Sullivan Ballou Letter - civilwarpoetry.org
The Sullivan Ballou Letter [A week before the Battle of Bull Run, Sullivan Ballou, a major in the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers, wrote home to his wife in Smithfield.]