Content:
A corrected proof sheet detailing Whitman's work in hospitals during the
Civil War. These paragraphs appeared in "Our
Wounded and Sick Soldiers. Visits Among Army Hospitals, At
Washington, on the Field, and here in New-York"
New-York Times
(11 December
1864).
Whitman Archive Title: My own visits and distributions
Content:
A draft of Civil War prose that Whitman later cannibalized and used in various published pieces about the war. Though this manuscript was not printed as a complete prose piece, it appears to be an early draft of "Our Wounded and Sick Soldiers," first published in the 11 December 1864 issue of
The New-York Times
. Whitman reprinted parts of "Our Wounded and Sick Soldiers" in "'Tis But Ten Years Since,"
New York Weekly Graphic
(14 February 1874, 28 February 1874, and 7 March 1874); in various places in
Memoranda During the War
(1876); and in various places in
Specimen Days
(1882). The verso of the final leaf contains a cancelled letter in Whitman's hand, recommending him for employment as a government clerk.
Whitman Archive Title: [writing letters, by the bed-side]
Content:
A partial draft of "Our Wounded and Sick Soldiers—Visits Among Army Hospitals, At Washington, on the Field, and here in New-York," first published in the
New York Times
, 11 December 1864. Though parts of "Our Wounded and Sick Soldiers" were partially reprinted in the
New York Weekly Graphic
(1874),
Memoranda During the War
(1876), and
Specimen Days
(1882), the portion which appears in this draft was not reprinted until after Whitman's death in
The Wound Dresser
(1898). An image of the verso is unavailable.
