Content:
Whitman's notes on Frank Butler, an officer of the 51st New-York Veterans who died in action. Whitman wrote about Butler's death in "A Brooklyn Soldier, and a Noble One," which appeared in the 19 January 1865 issue of the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
.
Whitman Archive Title: Brooklyn, Jan 19 & 20, 1865
Content:
Whitman's response to learning of George Whitman's imprisonment at Danville during the Civil War. This manuscript contains much of the same information about George and his status as a prisoner of war that Whitman published in "A Brooklyn Soldier, and A Noble One," which appeared in the 19 January 1865 issue of the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
. Material in this manuscript also contributed to "The Fifty-first New-York Volunteers," published in the
New-York Times
, 24 January 1865 as well as portions of
Memoranda During the War
(1875–76).
