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“I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not falter. I know how strongly American civilization now leans on the triumph of the government, and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and sufferings of the Revolution.”

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Sullivan Ballou

Sullivan Ballou was an American lawyer, born on March 28, 1829, and died on July 29, 1861. He served as a captain in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was killed in action. more

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