Letters: 1861-1865.

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Letters: 1861-1865.

Civil War letters to his parents in South Attleboro, Massachusetts, describe camp life and politics while serving in Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana and Kentucky. Several letters by Adin's brother William A. Ballou and a copy of a letter by Sullivan Ballou, 2nd Rhode Island Infantry, are also included.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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United States. Army. Rhode Island Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861-1865)

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Ballou, William Hosea, 1857-1937

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William B. Ballou was born in Winter Hill, Vermont. He arrived traveled to Alaska from San Francisco by schooner, disembarking at Rampart City to search in 1907. Ballou was apparently a part time accountant and he wrote "Jack - a true story of adventure in Alaska." He married and had a son. From the description of William B. Ballou papers, 1898-1918. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 42065380 ...

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...

Ballou, Adin, b. 1835.

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Civil War soldier, 10th Maine Infantry, Company C. From the description of Letters: 1861-1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26827844 ...

United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 10th (1861-1863). Company C.

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