"A good old Yankee soldier" Topic
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| venezia sta affondando | 08 Apr 2014 2:11 p.m. PST |
I have been reading The Civil War, First Blood: Fort Sumter to Bull Run (Time Life Books, Virginia), 1983, and came across a sad letter written by Major Sullivan Ballou, a 32-year-old Providence lawyer in the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteers, to his wife, Sarah, predicting his own death. At Bull Run a week later, he fell mortally wounded. I enjoy reading about battles and military history and this brought it home to me that there is another aspect of war that we might often skip over. I liked it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Sarah To the fallen and those left behind… |
| ACWBill | 08 Apr 2014 4:01 p.m. PST |
This letter was prominently featured in Ken Burn's series The Civill War on PBS in the 1980s. It is poignant and emotional even today. |
| epturner | 08 Apr 2014 7:42 p.m. PST |
Being a fellow New Englander, I can't help but wonder how many others penned their own similar letters to their loved ones during that time. Or since. I know I had my "letter" written when I was in Iraq. It has always been very emotional to hear those words he wrote. Eric |
| COL Scott ret | 09 Apr 2014 3:59 a.m. PST |
I never wrote a letter like that to my wife during Desert Storm. Not sure if that made me dumb, cocky, lucky or right – thankfully it was never needed. You are right about the emotional level of that letter, I believe they were far better letter writters than our generations have been. |
| WarWizard | 09 Apr 2014 7:37 a.m. PST |
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| Sir Walter Rlyeh | 09 Apr 2014 12:53 p.m. PST |
Good Yankee is an oxymoron like jumbo shrimp. |
| vtsaogames | 09 Apr 2014 6:36 p.m. PST |
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| capncarp | 10 Apr 2014 4:51 p.m. PST |
An excerpt from the article:
"Ballou died from his wound a week after the battle, and was buried in the graveyard of nearby Sudley Church. Ballou was one of 94 men of the 2nd Rhode Island killed or mortally wounded at Bull Run. He was 32 at the time of his death; his wife was 24. The battle area was occupied by Confederate forces. According to witness testimony, it was at this time that Ballou's corpse was exhumed, decapitated, and desecrated by Confederate soldiers possibly belonging to the 21st Georgia Regiment. Ballou's body was never recovered.[1] In place of his body, charred ash and bone believed to be his remains were reburied in Swan Point Cemetery in Providence.[3]" Undoubtedly Ballou, being an foul, vile, loathesome, pestilent, un-good Yankee, richly deserved this touching honor bestowed upon his remains by the gentlemanly examples of "Chivalry of the South", the Georgia troops. |
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