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Area code 250
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Area code 250 is an area code which serves the Canadian province of British Columbia outside the Lower Mainland, including Vancouver Island and the province's Interior. It was created on October 19, 1996, as a split of area code 604, which was retained by the Lower Mainland.[1]
The area code also serves the United States community of Hyder, Alaska, which sits along the border near the town of Stewart.
The incumbent local exchange carriers are Telus, Northwestel and CityWest in the city of Prince Rupert.
By the mid-2000s, 250 was already on the verge of exhaustion, due primarily to Canada's inefficient system of number allocation. Canada does not use number pooling as a relief measure; each carrier is allocated blocks of 10,000 numbers in each rate centre where it plans to offer service, even in the smallest hamlets. While most regions do not need that many phone numbers, once a prefix is assigned to a rate centre, it cannot be allocated elsewhere. This has resulted in thousands of wasted numbers, a problem exacerbated by the proliferation of first pagers and then cell phones—particularly on Vancouver Island and in the larger cities in the Interior. It was decided to make 778, which had been an overlay area code for Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, an overlay for the entire province starting on July 4, 2007.[2] Overlays have become the preferred method of area code relief in Canada, as they spare subscribers the expense and burden of changing their numbers—making them an easy workaround for the number allocation problem as opposed to a split plan.
Contents
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1 Communities included
2 Relief planning
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Communities included[edit]
Armstrong (250): 546
Beaverdell (250): 484
Bella Bella (250): 957
Bridge River Valley, including Bralorne, Brexton, Gold Bridge, and Gun Lake (250): 238
Campbell River (250): 201 202 203 204 205 286 287 346 504 830 850 895 923
Castlegar (250): 304 365 608 687
Chetwynd (250): 788
Christina Lake (250): 447
Cranbrook (250): 417 420 421 426 450 464 489 581 919
Creston (250): 254 402 428 431 435 977
Comox (250): 339 890 941
Courtenay (250): 207 218 331 334 338 465 585 650 702 703 792 871 897 898
The Cowichan Valley comprises the following local rate centres:
Chemainus (250): 210 246 324 416 436 533 606
Cobble Hill (250): 733 743 929
Duncan (250): 252 466 510 597 701 709 710 715 732 737 746 748 815 856
Ladysmith (250): 245 912 924
Lake Cowichan (250): 749 932
Youbou (250): 745
Cumberland (250): 336
Dawson Creek (250): 219 467 719 782 784 795 806 854
Elkford (250): 865
Enderby (250): 838
Fernie (250): 278 430 946
Fort Nelson (250):
Fort St. James (250): 996
Fort St. John (250): 224 261 262 263 264 271 329 663 785 787 793 794
Gold River (250): 283
Golden (250): 344 439 272
Grand Forks (250): 442 443 584 666
Greenwood (250): 445
Gulf Islands, including Galiano Island, Mayne Island, and Saturna Island (250): 222 539
Hazelton (250): 842
Hixon (250): 998
Houston (250): 845
Hudson's Hope (250): 783 903
Hyder, Alaska (250): 234 636
Invermere (250): 270 341 342 409 688
Kamloops (250): 214 299 312 314 318 319 320 371 372 374 376 377 434 461 554 571 572 573 574 576 578 579 682 705 819 828 851 852 879
Surrounding communities:
Chase (250): 679
Barriere (250): 672
Clearwater (250): 674
Cache Creek (250): 313 457
Logan Lake (250): 523
Savona (250): 373
Kaslo (250): 353 943
Kelowna (250): 212 215 258 300 317 322 448 450 451 452 454 469 470 491 575 681 712 717 718 762 763 764 765 769 801 807 808 826 859 860 861 862 863 864 868 869 870 872 878 899 979 980
Surrounding communities:
Oyama (250): 548
Peachland (250): 767
West Kelowna (250): 700 707 768
Winfield (250): 766
Kimberley (250): 427 432 520 602 908
Kitimat (250): 632 639
Kitwanga (250): 849
Rural Kootenays (250): 229 357 399 424 429 529 603 829
Lillooet (250): 256
Merritt (250): 280 315 378 525 936
Midway (250): 449 528 605
Nakusp (250): 265
Nanaimo is divided into the following local rate centres:
Cedar (250): 323 722
Lantzville (250): 390 933
Nanaimo (250): 244 255 268 327 518 585 591 616 618 619 667 668 713 714 716 734 739 740 741 753 754 755 762 796 797 802 816 824
Wellington (250): 729 751 756 758 760
Nanoose Bay (250): 468
Nelson (250): 352 354 505 509 551 777 825
Parksville (250): 228 240 248 586 607 905 927 937 947 951 954
Pender Island (250): 629
Penticton (250): 274 276 328 460 462 482 486 487 488 490 492 493 770 809 817
Port Alberni (250): 206 419 720 723 724 730 731 735 736 913 918
Port Hardy (250): 230 902 949
Port McNeill (250): 956
Prince George (250): 277 301 552 561 562 563 564 565 596 612 613 614 617 640 645 649 906 960 961 962 963 964 970 981
Prince Rupert (250): 624 627
Qualicum Beach (250): 752
Quesnel (250): 255 316 925 983 985 991 992 747 249 555
Revelstoke (250): 814 837
Rossland (250): 362
Saanich (250): 544 654 655 657 665 669
Salmon Arm (250): 489 515 803 804 832 833
Salt Spring Island (250): 537 538 653
Sidney (250): 652 656
Slocan Valley (250): 355 358 359 226
Smithers (250): 847 877 917
Sooke (250): 642 664 867
Jordan River (250): 646
Port Renfrew (250): 647
Sparwood (250): 425 910
Stewart (250): 636
Summerland (250): 404 494
Terrace (250): 615 631 635 638 641 892 922 975
Tofino (250): 522 725
Trail (250): 231 364 368 512 521 693 921
Fruitvale (250): 367
Tumbler Ridge (250): 242
Ucluelet (250): 266 726
Union Bay, including Fanny Bay, Denman Island, and Hornby Island (250): 335
Valemount (250): 566
Vanderhoof, (250): 524 567 570 944
Vernon (250): 241 260 275 306 307 308 309 351 503 540 541 542 543 545 549 550 558 907 938
Victoria (250): 208 213 216 217 220 294 298 356 360 361 363 370 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 391 405 410 412 413 414 415 418 419 472 474 475 477 478 479 480 483 507 508 514 516 519 532 536 580 588 589 590 592 595 598 634 658 661 686 704 708 721 727 744 800 812 813 818 823 853 857 858 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 888 889 891 893 896 915 920 940 952 953 978 984 995 999
Wells (250): 994
Williams Lake (250): 267 302 303 305 392 398 855
Wynndel (250): 866
Relief planning[edit]
The projected exhaust date of area code 250 was January 2008. The plan recommended by the Canadian Numbering Administrator, to change the boundaries of area code 778 to include the entire province, was approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on June 7, 2007. Mandatory 10-digit dialing began September 12, 2008.[3] As this solution was an overlay, the existing telephone numbers in area code 250 remained unchanged. Three CO prefixes in the 250 area code were reserved for use by Northwestel, as 13 of its 15 switches at the time could not handle multiple area codes, and its system could not accommodate 10-digit-dialling.[3]
Area code 236 was implemented as a distributed overlay of area codes 604, 250, and 778 on 1 June 2013.[4]
Area code 672 has been reserved for British Columbia once area code 236 is exhausted.[4]
See also[edit]
List of NANP area codes
British Columbia area codes: 236/778, 250, 604
North: 867
West: Pacific Ocean, 907 250 (overlaid by 778 and 236) East: 780, 403, 587/825
South: 604/778/236, 360, 509, 208, 406
Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut area codes: 867
Idaho area codes: 208
Washington area codes: 206, 253, 360, 425, 509, 564
Alaska area codes: 907
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "NPA Code Search Information". NANPA. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
Jump up ^ New dialing to come in British Columbia Archived June 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
^ Jump up to: a b "Telecom Decision CRTC 2007-38". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b "Telecom Decision CRTC 2011-451". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
Deak, JN (17 August 1995). "NANP-Split of 604 (British Columbia) Numbering Plan Area (NPA)" (PDF). Bellcore Letter. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
"NPA 250/604/778 Relief Planning". Canadian Number Administrator. Archived from the original on 25 September 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
External links[edit]
CNA exchange list for area +1-250
CNA exchange list for area +1-778
CNA exchange list for area +1-236
CNA NPA 250 Relief Planning
Telecom archives
Area Code Map of Canada
Coordinates: 54°0′0″N 124°0′0″W / 54.00000°N 124.00000°W / 54.00000; -124.00000
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Indoor athletics at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
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Indoor athletics
at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Venue
Indoor Athletics Arena
Dates
18–20 September 2017
Competitors
338 from 40 nations
Indoor athletics competition at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games was held from 18–20 September 2017, at the Indoor Athletics Arena. 25 medal events were contested over three days - 13 for men, 12 for women in the absence of a women's pole vault.
Kazakhstan won most titles, with six golds, and were denied a seventh after winning the women's 4x400m relay by being disqualified for a lane violation. This elevated Turkmenistan to bronze, earning the host nation their first ever athletics medal at any version of the Asian Indoor Games, and only their fifth medal at any senior Asian Championships or Asian Games, indoor or outdoor. Kazakhstan's haul of 10 medals was matched by Thailand.
Indoor Athletics was on the Asian Indoor Games programme between 2005 and 2009, and returned at the Ashgabat 2017 5th Asian Indoor & Martial Arts Games after being skipped in 2013.[1]
Contents
[hide]
1 Medal summary
1.1 Men
1.2 Women
2 Medal table
3 Participation
4 References
Medal summary[edit]
Men[edit]
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
60 metres
details Hassan Taftian
Iran 6.55 NR Eric Shauwn Cray
Philippines 6.63 Reza Ghasemi
Iran 6.64 PB
400 metres
details Abdalelah Hassan
Qatar 45.68 GR Mazen Mawtan Al-Yasen
Saudi Arabia 46.35 NR Mikhail Litvin
Kazakhstan 46.51 NR
800 metres
details Jamal Hairane
Qatar 1:49.33 Indunil Herath
Sri Lanka 1:49.45 Amir Moradi
Iran 1:49.51
1500 metres
details Ajay Kumar Saroj
India 3:48.67 Mohammed Othman Shaween
Saudi Arabia 3:49.65 PB Adnan Taes Agar Al-Mntfage
Iraq 3:50.98
3000 metres
details Lakshmanan Govindan
India 8:02.30 Tariq Ahmed Al-Amri
Saudi Arabia 8:03.98 PB Hossein Keyhani
Iran 8:07.09 PB
60 metres hurdles
details Ahmed Khader Al-Muwallad
Saudi Arabia 7.66 GR, NR Lee Jung-joon
South Korea 7.77 Cheung Wang Fung
Hong Kong 7.85
4 × 400 metres relay
details Pakistan
Asad Iqbal
Mehboob Ali
Nishat Ali
Nokar Hussain 3:11.40 Qatar
Abdalelah Haroun
Mohamed Nasir Abbas
Jamal Hairane
Ali Hassan Al Jassim 3:12.58 Thailand
Apisit Chamsri
Nattapong Kongkraphan
Jirayu Pleenaram
Phitchaya Sunthonthuam 3:21.21
High jump
details Majd Eddin Ghazal
Syria 2.26 m GR Keyvan Ghanbar Zadeh
Iran 2.26 m GR Manjula Wijesekara
Sri Lanka 2.21 m
Pole vault
details Sergey Grigoryev
Kazakhstan 5.40 m Porranot Purahong
Thailand 5.20 m Patsapong Amsam-Ang
Thailand 5.20 m
Long jump
details Nguyen Tien Trong
Vietnam 7.48 m NR Amila Wijayalath Pedige
Sri Lanka 7.45 m Chan Ming Tai
Hong Kong 7.44 m
Triple jump
details Arpinder Singh
India 16.21 m Pratchaya Tepparak
Thailand 16.12 m NR Rachid Al-Mannai
Qatar 15.99 m NR
Shot put
details Ivan Ivanov
Kazakhstan 19.60 m Tajinderpal Singh Toor
India 19.26 m Jung Il-woo
South Korea 19.24 m SB
Heptathlon
details Mohammed Jasem Al-Qaree
Saudi Arabia 5,343 pts Sutthisak Singkhon
Thailand 5,332 pts PB Marat Khaydarov
Uzbekistan 5,018 pts
Women[edit]
Event
Gold
Silver
Bronze
60 metres
details Viktoriya Zyabkina
Kazakhstan 7.32 =SB Tu Chinh Le
Vietnam 7.36 PB Olga Safronova
Kazakhstan 7.43 SB
400 metres
details Elina Mikhina
Kazakhstan 53.37 Nguyễn Thị Hang
Vietnam 54.41 NR Atchima Eng-Chuan
Thailand 54.45 NR
800 metres
details Gayanthika Abeyrathne
Sri Lanka 2:05.12 NR Zhang Guiping
China 2:07.65 PB Arina Kleshchukova
Kyrgyzstan 2:09.97
1500 metres
details Palakeezh Unnikrishnan
India 4:27.77 Gulshanoi Satarova
Kyrgyzstan 4:31.64 Arina Kleshchukova
Kyrgyzstan 4:34.16
3000 metres
details Alia Mohammed Mohammed
United Arab Emirates 9:25.03 Sanjivani Jadhav
India 9:26.34 Wang Jinyu
China 9:57.43
60 metres hurdles
details Lai Yiu Lui
Hong Kong 8.41 PB Suchada Meesri
Thailand 8.56 PB Anastassiya Vinogradova
Kazakhstan 8.59
4 × 400 metres relay
details Thailand
Supanich Poolkerd
Pornpan Hoemhuk
Treewadee Yongphan
Atchima Eng-Chuan 3:43.41 SB China
Li Xingyuan
Tao Yanan
Zhu Cuiwei
Wang Meiru 3:47.35 Turkmenistan
Valentina Meredova
Mariýa Rozymowa
Täjigözel Orazgeldiýewa
Ýelena Rýabowa 3:50.39
High jump
details Nadiya Dusanova
Uzbekistan 1.86 m Safina Sadullaeva
Uzbekistan 1.83 m Man Wai Yeung
Hong Kong 1.83 m NR
Long jump
details Olga Rypakova
Kazakhstan 6.43 m Bùi Thị Thu Thảo
Vietnam 6.36 m Neena Varakil
India 6.04 m
Triple jump
details Olga Rypakova
Kazakhstan 14.32 m Mariya Ovchinnikova
Kazakhstan 13.21 m Tan Qiujiao
China 13.10 m PB
Shot put
details Bian Ka
China 17.34 m Elena Smolyanova
Uzbekistan 15.60 m PB Lee Soojung
South Korea 15.54 m
Pentathlon
details Purnima Hembram
India 4,062 pts NR Wassana Winatho
Thailand 3,915 pts PB Sunisa Khotseemueang
Thailand 3,903 pts PB
Medal table[edit]
Rank
Nation
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
1 Kazakhstan 6 1 3 10
2 India 5 2 1 8
3 Saudi Arabia 2 3 0 5
4 Qatar 2 1 1 4
5 Thailand 1 5 4 10
6 Vietnam 1 3 0 4
7 China 1 2 2 5
8 Sri Lanka 1 2 1 4
Uzbekistan 1 2 1 4
10 Iran 1 1 3 5
11 Hong Kong 1 0 3 4
12 Pakistan 1 0 0 1
Syria 1 0 0 1
United Arab Emirates 1 0 0 1
15 Kyrgyzstan 0 1 2 3
South Korea 0 1 2 3
17 Philippines 0 1 0 1
18 Iraq 0 0 1 1
Turkmenistan 0 0 1 1
Total
25
25
25
75
Participation[edit]
[hide]Participating National Olympic Committees
Olympic Council of Asia members
Afghanistan (5)
China (43)
Chinese Taipei (7)
Hong Kong (11)
India (12)
Iran (9)
Iraq (2)
Jordan (20)
Kazakhstan (14)
Kyrgyzstan (5)
Lebanon (2)
Macau (3)
Maldives (3)
Oman (2)
Pakistan (11)
Philippines (5)
Qatar (9)
Saudi Arabia (15)
South Korea (10)
Sri Lanka (6)
Syria (1)
Tajikistan (8)
Thailand (39)
Turkmenistan (34) (host)
United Arab Emirates (3)
Uzbekistan (12)
Vietnam (7)
Refugee Team (5)
Oceania National Olympic Committees members
American Samoa (1)
Federated States of Micronesia (2)
Fiji (10)
Guam (2)
Kiribati (4)
Marshall Islands (2)
Nauru (1)
Palau (2)
Samoa (1)
Solomon Islands (3)
Tuvalu (2)
Vanuatu (5)
Tahiti
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Indoor Athletics". Retrieved 19 September 2017.
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The Sword of Truth
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The Sword of Truth
Cover of The Sword of Truth box set volume one
In chronological order:[1]
The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus
Debt of Bones
Wizard's First Rule
Stone of Tears
Blood of the Fold
Temple of the Winds
Soul of the Fire
Faith of the Fallen
The Pillars of Creation
Naked Empire
Chainfire
Phantom
Confessor
The Omen Machine
The Third Kingdom
Severed Souls
Warheart
Death's Mistress
Shroud of Eternity
Author
Terry Goodkind
Cover artist
Keith Parkinson,
Doug Beekman (Wizard's First Rule),
Kevin Murphy (Blood of the Fold)
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
High fantasy
Action
Adventure
Romance
Publisher
Tor Books (US),
Gollancz (UK) (Books 1–7),
Voyager (UK) (Books 8–11)
Published
15 August 1994 – present
Media type
Print (hardcover and paperback), Audiobook
Preceded by
Debt of Bones
The Sword of Truth is a series of nineteen epic fantasy novels written by Terry Goodkind. The books follow the protagonists Richard Rahl, Kahlan Amnell and Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander on their quest to defeat oppressors who seek to control the world and those who wish to unleash evil upon the world of the living. While each novel was written to stand alone, except for the final three that were intended to be a trilogy, they follow a common timeline and are linked by ongoing events that occur throughout the series.
The series began in 1994 with Wizard's First Rule and Goodkind has since written fifteen more novels in addition to a novella titled Debt of Bones. The latest novel in the series, Death's Mistress, was released in 2017. As of 2008, 25 million copies of the series' books have been sold worldwide,[2] and the series has been translated into more than 20 languages.[3] A television series adaptation of the novels, titled Legend of the Seeker, produced by ABC Studios and broadcast via syndication, first aired on November 1, 2008.
Keith Parkinson served as the cover artist for all the novels of the first edition, apart from Wizard's First Rule and Blood of the Fold. New hardback and paperback editions of those two books were later published with new cover illustrations by Parkinson. Parkinson died on October 26, 2005, but not before completing the cover art for two more novels in the series.
Contents
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1 Synopsis
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Invasion of the Imperial Order
1.3 Journey through the Old World
1.4 Chainfire
1.5 Prequels
1.6 The Richard and Kahlan series
2 Publications
3 TV series adaptation
4 Wizard's Rules
5 Reception
6 References
7 External links
Synopsis[edit]
The series is set in a world divided into two major regions: the New World and the Old World. The New World consists of three lands with Westland in the west, D'Hara in the east and the Midlands in the center of the two. D'Hara is ruled by a magically gifted member of the Rahl family, while the welfare of the Midlands is decided by a council of representatives led by the Mother Confessor, who is also the leader of the Confessors. The Confessors are a group of women who each have a magical power to force a person to become entirely devoted to them, allowing them to fulfill their purpose – to find the truth. Westland, a land of no magic, is also ruled by a council of representatives. The Old World is not introduced until the second book in the series and its geographical features are described in less detail.
The main character is a young man named Richard Cypher, a Westland woods guide whose simple life is forever changed after he becomes the Seeker of Truth – a position similar to that of a Confessor, requiring him to uphold justice in the world. Over the course of the series, Richard learns about his heritage while seeking to stop the evil that others would unleash upon the world of the living. Because Richard refuses to sacrifice his values and lives his life as a free man, others begin to understand the nobility of man and what it means to be free. Each book is loosely themed around a Wizard's Rule, tenets by which all wizards should abide. The eleventh full-length novel, Confessor, concludes the series' central story arc regarding the invasion of the Imperial Order, an empire in the Old World led by Jagang. Warheart was the last novel in the series.
Introduction[edit]
The first book, Wizard's First Rule, takes place in the New World, some twenty or so years after two magical boundaries were raised to separate Westland, the Midlands, and D'Hara. The story deals with the growth of the D'Haran Empire under its leader, Darken Rahl, as he invades the Midlands, taking over its territories while seeking to gain control of an ancient power over life called the magic of Orden. The book begins a few weeks after the murder of Richard's father. Richard encounters a young woman by the name of Kahlan Amnell, who is a Confessor and has come from the Midlands in search of the First Wizard. He discovers that his best friend and mentor, Zeddicus Zu'l "Zedd" Zorander, is the wizard whom she seeks. Furthermore, he finds himself appointed and accepting the role of the Seeker of Truth and wielding the Sword of Truth. The sword is said to work through perception, it will cut through anything thought of as an enemy; with any doubt the sword will stop mid-air, inches from the target. The Sword also instills and amplifies great anger and rage thereby giving the one wielding it added strength, agility and conviction. Richard, Kahlan and Zedd journey to the Midlands in search of the last Box of Orden that Rahl needs to acquire before he can use the magic of Orden. Along the way, Richard and Kahlan fall in love. The first book concludes with Richard killing Rahl by tricking him into making a mistake, and the revelation of Richard's true parentage.
Invasion of the Imperial Order[edit]
The series continues with Stone of Tears, which immediately follows the events that occurred in Wizard's First Rule. Unbeknownst to Richard, the opening of the boxes of Orden has torn the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead, allowing minions of the Keeper of the Underworld to come forth. Richard and Kahlan return to the Mud People (whom Richard and Kahlan befriend and defend in Wizard's First Rule) and decide to marry. However, before they can, they are separated when Richard is captured by the Sisters of the Light; they are women from the Old World, and they train men who can use magic to become wizards. Richard is taken to the Old World, while Kahlan goes to Aydindril to find Zedd for help. On the way, she witnesses the beginning of the Imperial Order's invasion into the New World. Upon reaching Aydindril, she discovers that her people have been corrupted by the Order; she is subsequently sentenced to death. Meanwhile, at the Palace of the Prophets (the Sisters' home in the Old World), Richard learns more about magic, prophecies, and his identity. He escapes the Palace and returns to D'Hara to stop the Keeper from devouring the world of the living. The novel ends with Richard discovering that Kahlan is safe outside Aydindril with her identity shielded by Zedd, and Kahlan being reassured that Richard has returned to the New World.
Richard's plan to reunite with Kahlan is delayed by the arrival of the Mriswith and the advancement of Jagang's army into the New World in the third novel, Blood of the Fold. Having accepted his identity as a war wizard – and the gifted son of Darken Rahl – Richard decides to rule D'Hara and take command of the D'Haran army to seize control of the Midlands, which has weakened with Kahlan's absence as the Mother Confessor. Kahlan is captured on her way back to Aydindril, along with the sorceress Adie, by the Blood of the Fold. The Blood of the Fold are being tricked by Emperor Jagang, the leader of the Imperial Order, to do his bidding. After realizing that the Blood of the Fold have taken Kahlan and Adie to the Palace of the Prophets, Richard travels to the Old World to rescue them. He takes this opportunity to destroy the Palace, preventing Jagang from using the treasures it holds. While Verna, the new Prelate, leads the Sisters of the Light and their students to join the D'Haran army, Richard and Kahlan return to Aydindril and defeat the Mriswiths, as well as the Blood of the Fold.
The fourth novel, Temple of the Winds, tells of the struggles Richard, Kahlan and their friends face as they attempt to stop a plague released by a Sister of the Dark under Jagang's control and to prevent Jagang from seizing important items that will help him win the war. As Nathan Rahl retrieves books from Jagang under a tentative deal struck between them, he sends Zedd and Ann to destroy the prophecies found within the Jocopo Treasure. As foretold by prophecy regarding the plague, Kahlan betrays Richard in order for him to gain admittance into the Temple of the Winds, where he can then stop the plague. When Richard eventually returns, they forgive each other for their actions. However, the price of Richard's return includes that he has to leave with the plague. With Nathan and Cara's help, Kahlan is able to cure Richard of his plague. The plot concludes with Richard and Kahlan's wedding at the Mud People's village, where they are reunited with Zedd and Ann.
Directly following Temple of the Winds, Soul of the Fire revolves around Richard and Kahlan dealing with the threat of all magic's disappearance and the leaders of Anderith, who are considering surrendering to the Imperial Order whilst they have a weapon of mass destruction called the Dominie Dirtch in their possession. Richard and Kahlan discover that a terrible magic known as the "Chimes" has been released and is draining magic from the world, causing magic to fail and creatures of magic to die. They head to Anderith, a land in the Midlands which they believe is connected to the Chimes. Moreover, as Jagang's army marches towards Anderith, Richard attempts to save the people of Anderith by urging them to join the D'Haran Empire but fails. Meanwhile, Ann attempts to save the Sisters of the Light under Jagang's control but is betrayed by them and is captured instead. She escapes with the help of her former student, who is a Sister of the Dark. The novel ends with Richard banishing the Chimes and deciding to return to Westland, where he will help Kahlan recover from injuries sustained in Anderith and wait until the people of the New World prove to him that they truly want freedom.
The next volume in the series, Faith of the Fallen, chronicles more than one and a half years of the characters' lives. Nicci, a Sister of the Dark and a follower of the Imperial Order, captures Richard and forces him to travel with her to the Old World by using a magical spell that allows her to control Kahlan's life. Prevented from following Richard, Kahlan and Cara rejoin the D'Haran army in the Midlands. Kahlan assumes control of the army and stalls Jagang's army from capturing Aydindril, the seat of power in the Midlands. When Kahlan finally sees that she cannot stop Jagang's army from seizing control of the Midlands, she travels to the Old World with Cara in search of Richard. Meanwhile, in the Old World capital of Altur'Rang, Richard has begun changing the outlooks people have, including Nicci's, on their lives and the beliefs they have of the Imperial Order through his determination and will to live. The people of Altur'Rang rebel against and free themselves from the Order. Repenting, Nicci removes the spell from Kahlan and joins Richard and Kahlan in their fight against the Order.
Journey through the Old World[edit]
While continuing on from Faith of the Fallen, The Pillars of Creation differs from the other novels in the series in that its protagonists are not Richard and Kahlan, but new characters by the names of Jennsen Rahl and Oba Rahl, who are Richard's half siblings. Both are unaware that they are pristinely ungifted and immune to magic. Jennsen, who has spent most of her life hiding from the Lord Rahl (originally Darken Rahl), meets an Imperial Order spy named Sebastian, who fuels her hatred of the new Lord Rahl (Richard) by convincing her of the Order's beliefs in equality. She joins Jagang and his army as they launch an attack on the Confessor's Palace in Aydindril. After their defeat, Jennsen strikes a deal with the Keeper to surrender herself in exchange for Richard's death. Meanwhile, Oba follows the bidding of the Keeper, who is using him in his plan to enter the world of the living. In the novel's climax, Jennsen realizes the truth by seeing through the lies of the Imperial Order and chooses to help Richard in his quest against Jagang.
In the eighth novel, Naked Empire, Richard and Kahlan are interrupted from their journey home to the New World to help free the Bandakar Empire, deep in the Old World, from the Imperial Order. They learn that the people of Bandakar are pristinely ungifted like Jennsen and Oba, and have been overrun by the Order because they have shunned all forms of violence, refusing to fight for their own lives. Richard eventually convinces them to rise up and cast the Imperial Order, led by a cruel and merciless Slide, from their mountain homeland. In the process, Richard learns to restore his gift, which had failed because he did not have enough faith in himself and his abilities. Meanwhile, the Wizard's Keep in Aydindril is infiltrated by men captured from Bandakar. The novel ends with Zedd and Chase reclaiming the Keep, and the defeat of the Imperial Order's army in Bandakar.
Chainfire[edit]
The latest three novels of the series, Chainfire, Phantom, and Confessor, were written as a trilogy called the Chainfire Trilogy, which brings the story arc concerning Jagang's invasion to an end. After recovering from an injury, Richard wakes up to find Kahlan missing and that no one remembers she existed. Richard discovers that the Sisters of the Dark kidnapped Kahlan and cast the Chainfire spell that erases everyone's memories of Kahlan and Kahlan's memories of herself. However, Richard's mind was protected from the spell by the Sword of Truth. The Sisters use Kahlan to steal the boxes of Orden in the People's Palace in D'Hara, which they intend to use to unleash their master, the Keeper of the Underworld, into the world of the living. Unbeknownst to the Sisters, Jagang still has access into their minds, and has learned much from their journey and of their plans. Meanwhile, Richard, under an alias, is captured by the Imperial Order, who are making their way to the People's Palace in D'Hara. Kahlan, who has also been captured by Jagang, sees Richard and although she does not remember him, she feels encouraged to fight on and remember her past. After Richard and Kahlan escape from Jagang, they return to the People's Palace, where Richard defeats the Sisters of the Dark and Jagang. To remove the Chainfire spell, Richard must use the magic of Orden. With that power, he not only restores Kahlan's memories and others' memories of her, he also creates an identical world or parallel universe to the one they're living in to which he banishes all of the people from the old world who are unable to see the benefit of individuality and prosperity. Jennsen and the people of Bandakar, the "pillars of creation", (the pristinely ungifted) decide to also go into this new, magicless world. (If they stayed and bred in Richard's world, magic would eventually die out.) Richard then closes the gateway seemingly forever and separates the worlds. The series ends with the marriage of Cara and General Meiffert, and Richard's declaration that the traditional D'Haran devotions are no longer necessary, because everyone's life is their own to live.
Prequels[edit]
In addition to the novels, Goodkind wrote a short story titled Debt of Bones for the 1998 anthology Legends, edited by Robert Silverberg. It was published as a stand-alone novella in 2001. The story takes place in The Sword of Truth universe and is set a few decades before the events in the main series, focusing on how and why the boundaries that separated Westland, the Midlands, and D'Hara in "Wizard's First Rule" were created.
Set millennia prior to the main Sword of Truth series, The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus was initially released on July 15, 2012, as an e-book, then in print July 2015. The First Confessor covers a wide variety of information including the Wizards War, the creation of the Sword of Truth, confessors, and information about the damage done to magic with the Temple of the Winds. Terry Goodkind's website claims "The First Confessor is the foundation of the Sword of Truth series. This is the beginning of the grand adventure."
The Richard and Kahlan series[edit]
Main article: The Omen Machine (novel)
On April 2, 2010, a video went up on Terry Goodkind's official site and YouTube channel promoting a new Richard and Kahlan novel that was released on August 16, 2011.[4][5][6][7][8] Mr. Goodkind has, after an extensively riddled online clue hunt, revealed the synopsis of the book. The Omen Machine takes place immediately after Confessor—beginning on the night of the wedding of General Benjamin Meiffert and the Mord'Sith Cara, the event of which concludes the last novel in the Sword of Truth series—when a mysterious machine is found underground and begins to give predictions, most of which are seemingly benign, but Zedd believes the machine must be destroyed until a prediction is given that scares him to death; a prediction which, if true, will tear apart Richard and Kahlan's life as they know it.
Main article: The Third Kingdom
Published on August 20, 2013, The Third Kingdom is the second novel in Goodkind's new series about Richard and Kahlan. Following an attack by the mysterious half people in the Dark Lands, Richard and Kahlan find themselves abandoned by their friends. After being saved by the people from Stroyza, Richard heads out on a quest to save his friends and meets the sinister Bishop Hannis Arc.
Main article: Severed Souls
The third novel in the new Richard and Kahlan series, Severed Souls, was published on August 5, 2014. Following the events in the previous two books, Richard must find a way to cure Kahlan and himself from the Hedge Maid's stain of death. Meanwhile, Hannis Arc and Emperor Sulachan march towards the heart of D'Hara.
Main article: Warheart
Warheart [9] was the fourth entry in the new Richard and Kahlan series, published November 17, 2015.
Publications[edit]
Published Order
Chronological Order
Title
Publication Date
Series[citation needed]
1 3 Wizard's First Rule August 15, 1994 Sword of Truth: Darken Rahl
2 4 Stone of Tears September 15, 1995 Sword of Truth: Darken Rahl
3 5 Blood of the Fold October 15, 1996 Sword of Truth: Imperial Order
4 6 Temple of the Winds September 15, 1997 Sword of Truth: Imperial Order
5 7 Soul of the Fire March 15, 1999 Sword of Truth: Imperial Order
6 8 Faith of the Fallen August 22, 2000 Sword of Truth: Imperial Order
7 9 Pillars of Creation November 20, 2001 Sword of Truth: Pristinely Ungifted
8 2 Debt of Bones December 2001 Sword of Truth: Prequel
9 10 Naked Empire July 2003 Sword of Truth: Pristinely Ungifted
10 11 Chainfire January 4, 2005 Sword of Truth: Chainfire
11 12 Phantom July 18, 2006 Sword of Truth: Chainfire
12 13 Confessor November 13, 2007 Sword of Truth: Chainfire
13 14 The Omen Machine August 16, 2011 Sword of Truth: Richard and Kahlan
14 1 The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus July 2, 2012 Sword of Truth: Prequel
15 15 The Third Kingdom August 20, 2013 Sword of Truth: Richard and Kahlan
16 16 Severed Souls August 12, 2014 Sword of Truth: Richard and Kahlan
17 17 Warheart November 17, 2015 Sword of Truth: Richard and Kahlan
18 18 Death's Mistress January 24, 2017 Nicci Chronicles
19 19 Shroud of Eternity January 9, 2018 Nicci Chronicles
TV series adaptation[edit]
Main article: Legend of the Seeker
In July 2006, Goodkind announced on his official website that he had entered into negotiations with The Evil Dead and Spider-Man director Sam Raimi and producer Rob Tapert to bring The Sword of Truth to life as a TV live-action weekly series. According to the article, Raimi, Tapert and Joshua Donen planned to begin work on the Wizard's First Rule live-action weekly series in May 2008. Raimi & Tapert also wanted Goodkind to remain intimately involved with the project.[10] The show was renamed Legend of the Seeker because the producers wanted to be able to continue the series beyond the first book, and they felt the title Wizard's First Rule was too restrictive. It premiered on November 1, 2008.[11]
There are significant differences between the events of the novels and those of the series. In a February 2008 letter addressed to the fans, Terry Goodkind wrote, "The nature of TV syndication requires that each week's episode be a story in itself, meaning that while the TV series will follow the background story of the book, it will not be able to follow the book exactly because there would be parts that would make an incomplete episode." He later confirmed:
Sam Raimi and his team want to keep the TV series true to my vision, so rest assured that I am going to be intimately involved in the writing of each of the episodes. If you love the book just the way it is, then enjoy the book for what it is and come to the TV series prepared to enjoy the show for what it is.[12]
The TV series ran for two seasons, concluding May 22, 2010 with a total of 44 episodes.
Wizard's Rules[edit]
A thread woven through the series are the 11 "Wizard's Rules", which are practical teachings given to young wizards.
Wizard's First Rule: "People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they're afraid it might be true. Peoples' heads are full of knowledge, facts and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool."[13]
Wizard's Second Rule: "The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions."[14]
Wizard's Third Rule: "Passion rules reason."[15]
Wizard's Fourth Rule: "The Wizard's Fourth Rule, he called it. He said that there was magic in sincere forgiveness, in the Fourth Rule. Magic to heal. In forgiveness you grant, and more so in the forgiveness you receive."[16]
Wizard's Fifth Rule: "Mind what people do, not only what they say, for deeds will betray a lie."[17]
Wizard's Sixth Rule: "The most important rule there is, the Wizard's Sixth Rule: the only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. The first law of reason is this: what exists, exists, what is, is and from this irreducible bedrock principle, all knowledge is built. It is the foundation from which life is embraced. Thinking is a choice. Wishes and whims are not facts nor are they a means to discover them. Reason is our only way of grasping reality; it is our basic tool of survival. We are free to evade the effort of thinking, to reject reason, but we are not free to avoid the penalty of the abyss that we refuse to see. Faith and feelings are the darkness to reason's light. In rejecting reason, refusing to think, one embraces death."[18]
Wizard's Seventh Rule: "Life is the future, not the past. The past can teach us, through experience, how to accomplish things in the future, comfort us with cherished memories, and provide the foundation of what has already been accomplished. But only the future holds life. To live in the past is to embrace what is dead. To live life to its fullest, each day must be created anew. As rational, thinking beings, we must use our intellect, not a blind devotion to what has come before, to make rational choices."[19]
Wizard's Eighth Rule: "Talga Vassternich. Deserve Victory."[20]
Wizard's Ninth Rule: "A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole. To believe in a contradiction is to abdicate your belief in the existence of the world around you and the nature of the things in it, to instead embrace any random impulse that strikes your fancy - to imagine something is real simply because you wish it were. A thing is what it is, it is itself. There can be no contradictions. Faith is a device of self-delusion, a sleight of hand done with words and emotions founded on any irrational notion that can be dreamed up. Faith is the attempt to coerce truth to surrender to whim. In simple terms, it is trying to breath life into a lie by trying to outshine reality with the beauty of wishes. Faith is the refuge of fools, the ignorant, and the deluded, not of thinking, rational men. In reality, contradictions cannot exist. To believe in them you must abandon the most important thing you possess: your rational mind. The wager for such a bargain is your life. In such an exchange, you always lose what you have at stake."[21]
Wizard's Tenth Rule: "Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self."[22]
Wizard's Eleventh Rule: "The rule of all rules. The rule unwritten. The rule unspoken since the dawn of history... But Barracus wanted you to know that it's the secret to using a war wizard's power. The only way to express it, to make sure that you would grasp what he was intending to tell you, was to give you a book unwritten to signify the rule unwritten."[23]
Reception[edit]
The novel series frequently enters lists of top fantasy novels. Wizard's First Rule and the subsequent series was in the top 30 list by Paste magazine.[24] In 2011, a NPR poll of 60,000 readers from among 5,000 fantasy novels nominated, found the series as the 62nd most popular fantasy/science fiction novel of all time.[25]
References[edit]
Wikiquote has quotations related to: Sword of Truth
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Jump up ^ Barnes, Brooks. "Swords and Sorcery Return to Syndication". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
Jump up ^ Nordyke, Kimberly (2008-01-29). "Raimi brings fantasy to syndication with 'Wizard'". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-12-02.
Jump up ^ "Amazon.com: The Omen Machine (The Sword of Truth)".
Jump up ^ "Borders.com: The Omen Machine".
Jump up ^ "Barnes & Noble".
Jump up ^ Terry Goodkind: The Official Website. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
Jump up ^ New Richard and Kahlan Novel: Official Announcement. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
Jump up ^ http://us.macmillan.com/books/9780765383082
Jump up ^ "Terry Goodkind Interview". Retrieved November 21, 2007.
Jump up ^ "Legend of the Seeker". Retrieved July 25, 2008.
Jump up ^ Letter from Terry Goodkind
Jump up ^ Goodkind, Terry. Wizard's First Rule (US Hardcover ed.). p. 397.
Jump up ^ Goodkind, Terry. Stone of Tears (US Hardcover ed.). p. 634.
Jump up ^ Goodkind, Terry. Blood of the Fold (US Hardcover ed.). p. 360.
Jump up ^ Goodkind, Terry. Temple of the Winds (US Hardcover ed.). p. 318.
Jump up ^ Goodkind, Terry. Soul of the Fire (US Hardcover ed.). p. 205.
Jump up ^ Goodkind, Terry. Faith of the Fallen (US Hardcover ed.). p. 319.
Jump up ^ Goodkind, Terry. The Pillars of Creation (US Hardcover ed.). p. 549.
Jump up ^ Goodkind, Terry. Naked Empire (US Hardcover ed.). p. 626.
Jump up ^ Goodkind, Terry. Chainfire (US Hardcover ed.). p. 489.
Jump up ^ Goodkind, Terry. Phantom (US Hardcover ed.). p. 12.
Jump up ^ Goodkind, Terry. Confessor (US Hardcover ed.). p. 592.
Jump up ^ "The 30 Best Fantasy Book Series of All Time". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
Jump up ^ "Your Picks: Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
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Sullivan A. Ballou
Lithograph of Sullivan Ballou
Born
(1829-03-28)March 28, 1829
Smithfield, Rhode Island
Died
July 29, 1861(1861-07-29) (aged 32)
Sudley Church, Virginia
Allegiance
United States of America
Service/branch
United States Army
Union Army
Years of service
1861
Rank
Major
Commands held
2nd Rhode Island Infantry
Battles/wars
American Civil War
First Battle of Bull Run †
Sullivan Ballou (March 28, 1829 – July 29, 1861) was a lawyer and politician from Rhode Island, and an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered for an eloquent letter he wrote to his wife one week before he was killed in the First Battle of Bull Run.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Civil War
3 Letter to Sarah Ballou
4 References
5 External links
Early life[edit]
Ballou was born the son of Hiram (1802–1833) and Emeline (Bowen) Ballou, a distinguished Huguenot family in Smithfield, Rhode Island.[1] He lost his father at a young age. In spite of this, he attended boarding school at Nichols Academy in Dudley, Massachusetts and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. After graduation from Phillips, he attended Brown University, where he was a member of Delta Phi, and went on to study law at the National Law School, in Ballston, New York. He was admitted to the bar in Rhode Island and began practice in 1853.
Ballou married Sarah Hart Shumway on October 15, 1855. They had two sons, Edgar and William.[2]
Ballou was active in public affairs. In 1854, soon after beginning his law practice, he was elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives. He was chosen as Clerk of the House, and later as the Speaker. He was a staunch Republican and supporter of Abraham Lincoln.[3]
Civil War[edit]
After the bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861, President Lincoln called on the states to provide 75,000 militia troops to put down the rebellion.
Ballou promptly volunteered, and encouraged others to do so as well. He was commissioned a major in the 2nd Rhode Island Infantry Regiment. He was third in command of the Regiment, after Colonel John Slocum and Lieutenant Colonel Frank Wheaton. He was also appointed judge advocate of the Rhode Island militia.
The 2nd Rhode Island soon moved to Washington, and joined the Union Army of Northeastern Virginia. On July 21, 1861 the regiment took part in the First Battle of Bull Run.
As a senior officer, Ballou went in front on horseback to better direct his men. He was hit by a cannonball from a Confederate six-pounder cannon, which tore off part of his right leg and killed his horse. He was carried off the field, and the remainder of his leg was amputated. The Union Army was defeated and retreated to Washington, and Ballou was left behind.
Ballou died from his wound a week after the battle, and was buried in the graveyard of nearby Sudley Church. He was one of 94 men of the 2nd Rhode Island killed or mortally wounded at Bull Run. He was 32 at the time of his death; his wife was 24.
The battle area was occupied by Confederate forces, and Ballou's body was never recovered.[1] In place of his body, charred ash and bone believed to be his remains were reburied in Swan Point Cemetery in Providence.[4]
His widow, Sarah, never remarried. She later moved to New Jersey to live with her son, William. She died at age 82 in 1917; her remains are buried beside her husband's.[3]
Letter to Sarah Ballou[edit]
In his now famous letter to his wife, Ballou endeavored to express the emotions he was feeling: worry, fear, guilt, sadness, and the pull between his love for her and his sense of duty to the nation.
The letter was featured prominently in the Ken Burns documentary The Civil War, where a shortened version of it was paired with Jay Ungar's musical piece "Ashokan Farewell" and read by Paul Roebling. The documentary excluded many of Ballou's personal references to his family and his upbringing. It has been difficult to identify which of the several extant versions is closest to the one he actually wrote, for the original seems not to have survived.[2]
July the 14th, 1861
Washington D.C.
My very dear Sarah:
The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days—perhaps tomorrow. Lest I should not be able to write you again, I feel impelled to write lines that may fall under your eye when I shall be no more.
Our movement may be one of a few days duration and full of pleasure—and it may be one of severe conflict and death to me. Not my will, but thine O God, be done. If it is necessary that I should fall on the battlefield for my country, I am ready. I have no misgivings about, or lack of confidence in, the cause in which I am engaged, and my courage does not halt or falter. I know how strongly American Civilization now leans upon the triumph of the Government, and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and suffering of the Revolution. And I am willing—perfectly willing—to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain this Government, and to pay that debt.
But, my dear wife, when I know that with my own joys I lay down nearly all of yours, and replace them in this life with cares and sorrows—when, after having eaten for long years the bitter fruit of orphanage myself, I must offer it as their only sustenance to my dear little children—is it weak or dishonorable, while the banner of my purpose floats calmly and proudly in the breeze, that my unbounded love for you, my darling wife and children, should struggle in fierce, though useless, contest with my love of country.
Sarah, my love for you is deathless, it seems to bind me to you with mighty cables that nothing but Omnipotence could break; and yet my love of Country comes over me like a strong wind and bears me irresistibly on with all these chains to the battlefield.
The memories of the blissful moments I have spent with you come creeping over me, and I feel most gratified to God and to you that I have enjoyed them so long. And hard it is for me to give them up and burn to ashes the hopes of future years, when God willing, we might still have lived and loved together and seen our sons grow up to honorable manhood around us. I have, I know, but few and small claims upon Divine Providence, but something whispers to me—perhaps it is the wafted prayer of my little Edgar—that I shall return to my loved ones unharmed. If I do not, my dear Sarah, never forget how much I love you, and when my last breath escapes me on the battlefield, it will whisper your name.
Forgive my many faults, and the many pains I have caused you. How thoughtless and foolish I have often been! How gladly would I wash out with my tears every little spot upon your happiness, and struggle with all the misfortune of this world, to shield you and my children from harm. But I cannot. I must watch you from the spirit land and hover near you, while you buffet the storms with your precious little freight, and wait with sad patience till we meet to part no more.
But, O Sarah! If the dead can come back to this earth and flit unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you; in the brightest day and in the darkest night—amidst your happiest scenes and gloomiest hours—always, always; and if there be a soft breeze upon your cheek, it shall be my breath; or the cool air fans your throbbing temple, it shall be my spirit passing by.
Sarah, do not mourn me dead; think I am gone and wait for me, for we shall meet again.
As for my little boys, they will grow as I have done, and never know a father's love and care. Little Willie is too young to remember me long, and my blue-eyed Edgar will keep my frolics with him among the dimmest memories of his childhood. Sarah, I have unlimited confidence in your maternal care and your development of their characters. Tell my two mothers his and hers I call God's blessing upon them. O Sarah, I wait for you there! Come to me, and lead thither my children.
Sullivan
The letter may never have been mailed; it was found in Ballou's trunk after he died.[5] It was reclaimed and delivered to Ballou's widow by Governor William Sprague, either after Sprague had traveled to Virginia to reclaim the effects of dead Rhode Island soldiers, or from Camp Sprague in Washington, D.C.[citation needed]
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Jones, Evan C. (November 2004). "Sullivan Ballou: The Macabre Fate of an American Civil War Major". America's Civil War. TheHistoryNet. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
^ Jump up to: a b "Dispatch Delayed", Washington Post, July 8, 2001. Transcribed at bessel.org. Accessed October 20, 2006.
^ Jump up to: a b The Sullivan Ballou letter. (2002)
Jump up ^ "A History of Swan Point Cemetery". Swan Point Cemetery. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
Jump up ^ Brown University in the Civil War: a Memorial. Providence Press: Providence, 1868
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