In the letter that Major Sullivan Ballou wrote to his wife Sara Ballou, there is an essence of love that Ballou portrays and speaks of for his wife but for his country too. From the Majors great love for being things, it has caused him to have conflict, for he knows that loving his country is causing him to possibly lose his life and not be with his family anymore. When the author wrote the letter to his wife, he knew that his time was coming as he said "Death is creeping behind me with his fatal dart." In these time war was gruesome and making out alive in battle was rare and that why he spoke so highly and fondly of his wife and showed how much he truly care about her. Ballou perspective shows that he is scared but still has a postive
