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[OldDog]

Originally Posted by hi_im_god

an unfortunate intoduction on this video but it contains the entirety of sullivan ballou's amazing letter which wrapped up episode 1 of ken burn's civil war.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sa2hv8U8cWU

Thanks for the link. I saw that again (I've lost count) as PBS re-aired Ken Burns' series recently, and it is without a doubt one of its most poignant segments.

Alongside it on youtube I saw this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBghmvRMluY

Shelby Foote, in my opinion, made Ken Burns' documentary. I can think of no better voice, both in knowledge and delivery, to tell about the Civil War.