What happened to sullivan ballou's sons
Sarah ballou
Sullivan ballou letter pdf...
Sullivan Ballou
Union Army officer
Sullivan Ballou (March 28, &#;&#; July 29, ) was an American lawyer and politician from Rhode Island, and an officer in the Union Army 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. He was left behind by retreating Union forces and died a week after the battle.
Early life
Ballou was born the son of Hiram (–) and Emeline (Bowen) Ballou, a distinguished Huguenot family in Smithfield, Rhode Island.[1] He lost his father at a young age.
In spite of this, he attended boarding school at Nichols Academy in Dudley, Massachusetts, and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. After graduation from Phillips, he attended Brown University, where he was a member of Delta Phi, and went on to study law at the National Law School, in Ballston, New York.
He was admitted to the bar in Rhode Island and began practice in