Sullivan Ballou

Union Army officer (1829-1861) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 32

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.

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