William E. Babcock to Walt Whitman, 18 October 1864

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Title: William E. Babcock to Walt Whitman, 18 October 1864
Date: October 18, 1864
Creator(s): William E. Babcock
Whitman Archive ID: nyp.00224
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Cite this page: Babcock, William E.. "William E. Babcock to Walt Whitman, 18 October 1864." The Walt Whitman Archive. Gen. ed. Matt Cohen, Ed Folsom, & Kenneth M. Price. Accessed 18 April 2024. <http://www.whitmanarchive.org>.
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nyp.00224.001.jpg Headquarters 51st N.YV
Near Poplar Grove Church Va October 18th 1864 Walt. Whitman Dear Sir

Your Letter came to hand this morning and I hasten to answer the Same.1

Your Brothers Effects will be Sent forward to Your Mothers address, Soon as we can get a permit from the Provost Marshall General, which I have this day Sent a request for.

I was much pleased to hear from him and the rest of the Officers that were taken prisoners with him. And I know they were neither wounded nyp.00224.002.jpgnor killed, as we had no chance of hearing from them until your Letter Arrived.

Every thing is quiet with Us and no news. So I will bring this to a close, by requesting you to write Soon.

Yours &c. William E Babcock
1st Lieut 51 N.YV

P.S. Letters from You will at all Times be received & Answered with pleasure
WE Babcock

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Notes

1. William E. Babcock was a lieutenant in George Washington Whitman's Fifty-first Regiment, New York Volunteers. [back]