Question

Read this excerpt from a letter by Civil War soldier Sullivan Ballou.(reading is below)
Which cause does Ballou support?
a.Confederate government
b.independent states
c.Southern secession
d.the Union cause

Answer 1

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 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. 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.

Answer 2

A

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

Yeah it is A