Compiled Military Service Record of Major Sullivan Ballou, 2nd Rhode Island Infantry Regiment
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Ballou, Sullivan, 1829-1861
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Sullivan Ballou (March 28, 1829 – July 29, 1861) was a 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 two weeks before he was killed in the First Battle of Bull Run. Ballou was born the son of Hiram (1802–1833) and Emeline (Bowen) Ballou, a distinguished Huguenot family in Smithfield, Rhode Island. He lost his father at a young age. In spite of this, he attended boarding scho...
