Kurt's Historic Sites

Sullivan Ballou

Sullivan Ballou

Interment LocationVisited 
Providence, RIJuly 11, 2021 

Photographed July 11, 2021.
Photographed July 11, 2021.
Photographed July 11, 2021.
Photographed July 11, 2021.

Fast Facts

Born: March 28, 1829 in Smithfield, Rhode Island

Military Rank: Major — U.S. Army

Spouse: Sarah Hart Shumway Ballou (m. 1855-1861)

Died: July 29, 1861 in Manassas, Virginia

Cause of Death: Cannonball Wound

Age: 32

Interment: Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island

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