# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sullivan-ballou
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:52:55.049Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sullivan-ballou"
name: "Sullivan Ballou"
slug: "sullivan-ballou"
description: "Sullivan Ballou was an American lawyer and politician from Rhode Island who served as a Union Army officer 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."
tagline: "Union Army officer (1829–1861)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sullivan_Ballou.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1829-03-28"
deathDate: "1861-07-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.586690666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_Ballou"
    title: "Sullivan Ballou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "سوليفان بالو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "سوليڤان بالو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_Ballou"
    title: "Sullivan Ballou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_Ballou"
    title: "Sullivan Ballou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan_Ballou"
    title: "Sullivan Ballou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2364619"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump