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Sullivan Ballou was a successful, 32-year-old attorney in Providence, Rhode Island, when Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers in the wake of Fort Sumter. Responding to his nation’s call, the former Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives enlisted in the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry, where he was elected major. By mid-July, the swirling events in the summer of 1861 had brought Ballou and his unit to a camp of instruction in the nation’s capital. With the movement of the federal forces into Virginia imminent, Sullivan Ballou penned this letter to his wife. His concern that he “should fall on the battle-field” proved all too true. One week after composing his missive, as the war’s first major battle began in earnest on the plains of Manassas, Ballou was struck and killed as the Rhode Islanders advanced from Matthews Hill. ....
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This Independence Day, we turn to a man who tells the story of America in her glory and struggle for unity. Ken Burns documentaries range from The Civil War to Baseball, Country Music, and this year s Ernest Hemingway. As we first told you last fall, Burns calls himself an emotional archeologist. He excavates lost love letters, forgotten photos and overlooked heroes - research so deep, viewers can feel like strangers discovering America for the first time. His films ask what it means to be American. So, we asked, what does it mean to be Ken Burns? Ken Burns: I have had the privilege of spending my entire life making films about the U.S., capital U, capital S. But I ve also had the privilege of making films about us, the two-letter, lowercase, plural pronoun, that has a kind of intimacy and warmth to it. ....