Author: Robin Young
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 9781560257240
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
The true story of Rhode Island Civil War soldier Sullivan Ballou, best known as the character who wrote an eloquent letter to his wife in Ken Burn's The Civil War, describes the promising law career he left to join the Union Army, his relationship with his wife and two sons, and the First Battle of Bull Run during which he lost his life.