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The 14th of Brooklyn have lost very heavy  among the killed are Captains Davey and Mallery.  

Mother do not feel the least uneaisiness about me as I never was heartier or ruggeder in my life.

Davey, Captain of Company H, and George Mallory, Captain of Company B, both of the Eighty-Fourth Regiment

As to me, I know I put in about three days of the greatest suffering I ever experienced in my life.

I wrote to Jeff how I had my pocket picked in a jam and hurry, changing cars, at Philadelphia, so that

I told you that George had been promoted to Captain —his commission arrived while I was there.

Dear mother, my love, Walt.

I send my love to dear sister Mat, and little sis—and to Andrew and all my brothers.

Moses Lane (see Whitman's letter from January 16, 1863) on the same day asked Captain James J.

Virginia.: "We have had another battle and I have come out safe and sound, although I had the side of my

jaw slightly scraped with a peice of shell which burst at my feet" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana,

During the battle at Antietam, George commanded his company, "as the Captain was not well although he

near Antietam, that Francis had left on a twenty-day furlough, and on November 10, 1862, he wrote: "Captain

the army is doing, or how the New York election went, so you see we are a long way behind the age  Captain

Mother, I must stop writing as my candle is going out, and I hope in a few days we will get where we

Francis, also of Buffalo, New York, was promoted to the rank of captain to replace Hazard when the latter

The Captain of our company has a Wife, staying at his Brothers in Burlington Vermont,  he has writen

, and if Mac, does the clean thing at Richmond I dont see what hope will be left them I told you in my

Morris Hazard, Jr. was captain of Company D until his discharge from the army on May 7, 1862.

although the balls rained around me for over two hours, and several of our boys were struck down close to my

651 men when we went into the fight, and lost about 100 in killed and wounded, among whom was some of my

I took off the blanket that I had strapped to my back, laid him on it, got some help and carried him

We had one captain, one lieutenant, 3 orderly sergeants, our Chaplain, and 16 or 18 privates killed.

He was by my side when he was struck and was an intimate friend of mine.

We have moved our camp since my last letter and are now on the Newbern side of the Trent river,  we have

My apointment dates from the 14th of March, the day of the battle of Newberne.

Our Captain is a young man from Buffalo N.Y. named Hazard whose father is very rich and we live in fine

up to the first of March,  I received $42  I had to buy lots of new things and have spent nearly all my

Morris Hazard, Jr., captain of Company D until his discharge from the army on May 7, 1862.

Francis of Buffalo, New York, was promoted to the rank of captain to replace Hazard when the latter left

Sept 30th 1862 Dear Mother We are still laying quietly at the place from which I dated my last letter

The captain of our company has gone home on a twenty days furlough.

to buisness since I have been sogering, and the regt never went on a march or into a fight without my

Direct my letters Sturgis Division, Ferreros Brigade 9th Army Corps  I often think that I can imagine

Morris Hazard, Jr. was captain of Company D until his discharge from the army on May 7, 1862.

scratch although the balls fairly rained around me, and several of our boys were struck down close by my

better acount of the fight, than I can give you (from the papers) but I know you will want to hear my

the back of the neck passing out of his cheek,   I took off the rubber blanket that I had straped on my

a tent where he now lies in a very critacle condition,   The Chaplain of our regt was killed. one Captain

corner the following verses are printed: Bright Banner of Freedom with pride I unfurl thee;Fair Flag of my

be-holdbehold thee,Gleaming above us in freshness and youth,Emblem of Liberty, Symbol of truth;For the Flag of my

Sprague held the rank of captain in Company B of the Thirteenth New York State Militia from April 23,

no bed, but I have, and a bedstead too, made with four croched sticks drove in the ground, thus and my

Francis of Buffalo, New York, was promoted to the rank of captain to replace Hazard when the latter left

I had command of our Company (as the Captain was not well although he was on the field) and I had mighty

dead lay in heaps and in a road for nearly a quarter of a mile they lay so thick that I had to pick my

You speak in your letter of Walts seeing the Captain of our Co at Major LeGendre's office,  it was the

A Fire Company was formed, consisting of seven members, for one year; namely, Henry Stanton, captain;

number of firemen was increased to eleven, and the following were elected members: Stephen Baldwin, Captain

Clock it comenced to rain not very hard but enough to make it very unpleasant  I stuck it out until my

Brigade driving the enemy untill we got into a thick swamp where the mud and water was over the top of my

order to charge and away we went  the water flying over our heads as we splashed through it  I was in my

pickets all day so that we must have some 2500 to night  I have seen 1 or 2 Colonels and lots of captain

work yesterday is a little stiffness in my legs from walking George Washington Whitman to Louisa Van

Captain O. Jennings Wise died as a result of wounds on February 9, 1862.

We have not been paid off yet Mother but we expect to be in a very few days,  just as soon as I get my

Francis of Buffalo, New York, was promoted to the rank of captain to replace Hazard when the latter left

George received his promotion to captain on December 12, 1862—with the date of rank retroactive to November

John Titus, The John Titus mentioned here is probably the same John Titus who served as a captain in

.; The John Titus mentioned here is probably the same John Titus who served as a captain in the militia

In 1644 Captain John Underhill led forces against a group of American Indians, killing about 120.

.”; In 1644 Captain John Underhill led forces against a group of American Indians, killing about 120.

prefatory poem of the 1867 edition of Leaves of Grass, which was later revised as Small the Theme of My

Tuesday Mar 25 1862 Walt Whitman My dear Mr.

My social position enjoins precaution & mystery, and perhaps the enjoyment of my friend's society is

heightened which in yielding to its fascination I preserve my incognito; yet mystery lends an ineffable

—You have already my whereabouts & my hours—It shall only depend upon you to make them yours and me the

Dear friend, Breaking up a few weeks since, and for good, my New York stagnation—wandering since through

camp and battle scenes—I fetch up here in harsh and superb plight—wretchedly poor, excellent well, (my

matters,)—realizing at last that it is necessary for me to fall for the time in the wise old way, to push my

wish you would write for me something like the enclosed form of letter, that I can present, opening my

It is pretty certain that, armed in that way, I shall conquer my object.

Sunday Night Aug 31/62 My Dear Walt, I feel just like writing to you.

I together with my dear wife have had lots of hard experiences—ill health, sickness of children and my

is my last night at home.

My friends told me my chance for a berth in the P.O. was one in a thousand.

My heart is in the war & I ache to do something. But I can't.

loc.04741xxx.00946In writing my history of Brooklynabout 1862prose1 leafhandwritten; Brief note regarding

In writing my history of Brooklyn

But to the account of my adventures (for it is now necessary to drop the editorial "we,") last fall,

hook again with "fiddlers," while the fish floundered at a great rate around my feet.

word, accoutred as I was, I plunged—the fish—into an old tin kettle, and gave them, with sixpence and my

the wharf with a boat-hook, and offering his shoulder for me to step on—though, as he was about half my

divided the water—to lie on my back and gaze by the half-hour at the passing clouds overhead—merely

I have been out with my Co on Picket but we are now back to Camp,  I had charge of the line, for more

than a mile, so that I had to keep my Eyes open,  we were posted along the bank of the river which is

Mother you ask if my throat troubles me any now.

Not a bit,  I never felt better in my life,  one thing I have learned in this war, and that is, that

I was in my tent, washing and geting ready to go on parade, when our Orderly Sergeant came to my tent

I was quite taken aback I tell you as it was done so quietly that I was taken by surprise and my being

been bothered considerably with some sort of a rash which broke out in blotches nearly as large as my

hand all over my arms and body  it burns very bad, the Doctor said it was the effects of the heat, and

My Love to all.

New York  I wrote you a letter a couple of weeks since (which I suppose you received) telling you of my

position first rate and am getting along very well indeed, and as the pay is good , I am glad both on my

Well Mother it is getting late and rather chilly writing here in my tent so I must stop and go to bed

I shall remember that dinner to my dying day. We pulled up stakes, and put for home.

and ghost stories, and sang country ditties; but the night and the scene mellowed all, and it came to my

I made my bed in the furled sail, watching the stars as they twinkled, and falling asleep so.

right; but as for me, I fancied I felt the mercury dwindling down, down, down into the very calves of my

I am perfectly well now although I was a little under the weather the first week I came here  my eyes

My Pious regards to all the family and good night to all. G.W.

We have had another battle and I have come out safe and sound, although I had the side of my jaw slightly

scraped with a peice of shell which burst at my feet.

I sometimes found the man a corpse in the morning by whose side I laid my self down at night.

In spite of my efforts he would sometimes rise, and then I had to close in with him, trip up his heels

By one of these thrusts, more spiteful and violent than common, I had a narrow escape of my life.

No English physician, or any one from the city, ever to my knowledge came near us.

My constitution was less muscular and plethoric, and I escaped the fever longer than any of the thirteen

In a former part of my account, Dr. Wright Post's name was mentioned.

To be plain at once, and say my say about this, I do not think there is a public edifice in America—school

Broadway Hospital, the heating and ventilation are by steam; and I have to acknowledge that during my

I can count on my fingers, on one hand, all the good people who have bequeathed to the institution; and

For my part, as I stand in the presence of these fine and eloquent faces, I acknowledge without demur

My first personal knowledge of the Bowery Theatre was about twenty-seven or eight years ago, when I was

All these are among my hobbledehoy dramatic reminiscences.

At first, I remember, I used to go with other boys, my pals; but I afterward preferred to go alone, I

was so absorbed in the performance, and disliked any one to distract my attention.

From what I have gleaned of old stage-frequenters, here and abroad, I have made up my mind that in a

Wishing to make my parting bow to this worthy old establishment, by bringing things up to date, I took

The ward devoted to these cases was only sparsely filled at the time of my visit of last Wednesday.

One Sunday night, in a ward in the South Building, I spent one of the most agreeable evenings of my life

I see evidences of her having been there, almost always, on my visits.

At the time of my visit on Wednesday, there were several soldiers brought in from the 105th New York

the night a volley of about 20 shots were fired into us and some of the balls passed mighty close to my

men who had been shot and I took 8 or 10 cartridges from some of the wounded and had a few shots on my

Give my love to all, and write soon. G. W.

I am under obligations to them both, for their courtesy during my visits, and for professional explanations

P. with gentle but firm hand, holding a pair of nippers, seemed to me larger than the end joint of my

yellow blue handkerchief around her head, and such an expression on her face, that I at once made up my

to send letters which may be oftener than I supose as I know nothing about where we shall go Direct my

countless thousands of people—I must here resume the thing, after a fashion, and tuck you, reader, under my

and also here asseverate, once for all, that when I do so specify, I do it to give definiteness to my

Even to my unscientific eyes there were innumerable wonders and beauties all along the shore, and edges

I ask for their decipherment from a learned person in my neighborhood.

On the right side, "Youth of my country! Martyrdom prefer to Slavery."

But my sketch must close for this week, or rather, be suspended, to give in another article, in the next