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William has a terrible cold just now, & sore throat, but has been very well & vigorous, as hearty as
The Count asks for you every time that he sees William or Charley.
William sees Mr. Swinton sometimes, I have not seen him yet. What about your poems?
William says every day that he is going to write you, & he will soon. How is Ms. Price?
Then lift your white hands, and my arms From harms And troubles the baby will keep.
Reddest murder is white to an act like this and its folly is equal to its crime.
William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 30 December 1864
not felt first rate myself— I am going to write to George to-day, as I see there is a daily mail to White
field near Richmond much better than we did from the Wilderness & Fredericksburgh—We get them now from White
House, they are put on boats there, & come all the way here, about 160 or 70 miles—White House is only
The stuff itself is disgusting, the whole of it going to prove that the nigger is better than the white
Whitman also rejected arguments for white superiority; he marked an article on "The Slavonians and Eastern
likely, is that our base of the army is to be changed to Harrison's Landing on James river instead of White
Charles Eldridge is to be transferred to Boston—I am indeed sorry, on my own account, & yours & Williams
very good objections to that course, but the reasons in favor are far stronger) Dear Nelly, you & William
heart—few attachments wear & last through life, but ours must Good bye, dear Nelly, & good bye, dear William
William E Babcock 1st Lieut 51 N.YV P.S.
Letters from You will at all Times be received & Answered with pleasure WE Babcock William E.
I wrote to William some five days ago—has he not rec'd it?
The doctor to-day tells me my throat is markedly better—In my letter to William I told him I had rec'd
I hope you too are well—William, I rec'd the volume of Navy Reports, transactions of iron clads, fights
light housework—My sister & her children are well—(Nelly, I write these particulars for you)— Well, William
all the news—tell me how is Ashton—Good bye & God bless you, my dear friend— Walt Walt Whitman to William
William says it seems so desolate since you left,—and even yet in the evening when I hear a car coming
William got your note, and answered it but he directed it to Brooklyn only, so it may not be carried
I know that William prefers & I do, too, that this trouble concerning the house & hall be settled before
Send her a note any time, & direct it to William & he will take it to her office.
pictures last week, & they are rather bad, the front face, or rather three quarter face, is hideous, William
spells of weakness with heavy aching head—I think the throat is no worse, but it is not well yet— William
change in my condition— Good bye for present, my dear friend, & God bless you — Walt Walt Whitman to William
You did not mention William in it—I should always like to hear about him & from him.
If you write to William I wish you to enclose him this letter—I wish him to receive again my faithful
William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 7 April 1864
, pretty soon—I send my love to you & Nelly & to Charles Eldridge -- Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William
Walt has asked several times if Williams (who was with Fred McCready ) was captured when the ambulance
train was attacted, Williams is here with his Company, he says when the guerillas ordered the train
latter have been and are ready to exchange man for man as far as prisoners go, (certainly all the whites
latter have been and are ready to exchange man for man as far as prisoners go, (certainly all the whites
right good boy I believe, you must write again and I will answer with pleasure yours with Due respect William
William & Charlie had each had two letters from you, & I not a word, don't you know that I shall be jealous
out for it Hopeing to hear from you Soon I remain Yours &c WE Babcock 1st Lieut Comdr Co 51st NYV William
Co.A 51st N.YVV Write soon and let me know the news WEB William E.
know you, she is only tolerably well—I have not seen Charles Howells for some time—I shall write to William
I remain Truly & Respectfully Yours Much Obliged William Mullery to Walt Whitman, 21 October 1864
William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 2 July 1864
Herald—quiet & pleasant & soothing—only us two home to-day—not a word spoken in a long time— Walt Whitman to William
You told William you got my letter, so you must have got the picture enclosed.
O'Connor | Washington Aug 13 1864 William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 13 August 1864
William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 13 August 1864
often without food to eat or water to drink, all those parts of Stafford, Culpepper Culpeper , Prince William
On the fall of that stronghold they were pushed off under S HERMAN Union Major-General William Tecumseh
presented here, in the generally fine, soft, peculiar air and light,) and has his eyes attracted by these white