Content:
Notes about death during the U.S. Civil War, apparently intended for a projected lecture that never materialized. Whitman used these notes for the short essay "The Million Dead, too, summ'd up—The Unknown," which was first published in
Memoranda During the War
(1875–76).
Content:
A manuscript, seemingly drafted as poetry, that contains several lines and phrases that appear as prose in "The Million Dead, Too, Summ'd Up," a section of
Memoranda During the War
(1875-76).
Content:
Several trial phrases regarding the "millions" killed during the Civil
War. This material appeared in "The Million
Dead, too, summ'd up—The Unknown" in
Memoranda during the War
(1875–76), an essay later reprinted as "The Million Dead, Too, Summ'd Up" in
Specimen Days & Collect
(1882–83) and
Complete Prose
Works
(1892). The manuscript leaf is pasted
to a backing sheet, making the reverse side inaccesssible.
