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have just returned home last eve[ning] from Washington, being there to see about getting the body of my
Friend Whitting, Sir, We received your kind and welcome letter inquiring for my boy Billy and in reply
April 7/64— father i have been here to se yo and yo was not at home i leave my best wishes hoping yo
And as this is Christmas night and I alone in my Shanty will improve it in writing You althouth there
excepted it and had a verry nice time yet I think had I been in New York or Brooklyn that I would enjoyed My-Self
are now Priosners of War Who have Served and fought in the regiment Since the Orginization and for my
Since my return to the regiment we have been very buisy, and we still have a great deal to do in the
The next day after my return we received orders to be ready to move at a moments notice which we did
about noon the Same day took our backward track to the front of Petersburg, near to the place where Captain
is now in Charge of our Regimental Quarter Master and I will Send it home with the first Officer of my
There is no news of importance with us that would itnerest you So I will close by Sending my best respects
Ashton has spoken (at my instigation) to Mr Otto the Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior
that it is the Secretary of War's "policy" which prevents exchange, and if this is true, I pray from my
I got it, looked into it with wonder, and felt that here was something that touched on depths of my humanity
My dear Walt: I am enraged and ashamed with myself to have never sent you a word responsive to your letters
It was such rain as we have often seen here from my windows, only this time I saw it all alone.
The rascally Congress taxes me in September fifty dollars in a lump, besides my usual income tax, so
Ellen O'Connor related in a letter on November 24, 1863, that the Count had said to her recently: "My
Shall I live to write my Shakespeare book and a score of gorgeous romances?
Rely on me, Walt, for anything you want done here, or anything at all in my power.
Of the O'Connors, Thomas Jefferson Whitman wrote on June 13, 1863: "I am real glad, my dear Walt, that
My dear Walt: I am enraged and ashamed of myself to have never sent you a word responsive to your letters
It was such rain as we have often seen here from my windows, only this time I saw it all alone.
The rascally Congress taxes me in September fifty dollars in a lump, besides my normal income tax, so
Of the O'Connors, Thomas Jefferson Whitman wrote on June 13, 1863: "I am real glad, my dear Walt, that
Ellen O'Connor related in a letter on November 24, 1863, that the Count had said to her recently: "My
To my knowledge it is understood by Col. M ULFORD , Major John E.
In my opinion the Secretary has taken and obstinately held a position of cold-blooded policy, (that is
B UTLER , in my opinion, has also incorporated in the question of exchange a needless amount of personal
In my opinion, the anguish and death of these ten to fifteen thousand American young men, with all the
Began my visits (Dec. 21, 1862,) among the camp hospitals in Army of the Potomac, under Gen.
, but space forbids my transcribing them.
He said: "It is my chief reliance." He talked of death, and said he did not fear it.
my life and occupation more than I can tell.
Independent Missionary, in my own style, and not as agent of any commission.
To my knowledge it is understood by Col. Mulford, Major John E.
In my opinion the Secretary has taken and obstinately held a position of cold-blooded policy, (that is
Major General Butler, in my opinion, has also incorporated in the question of exchange a needless amount
In my opinion, the anguish and death of these ten to fifteen thousand American young men, with all the
I have made up my mind that the camp hospitals are pretty well cleaned out, the worst cases are here
The more I see of them in the Army, the higher & broader my estimate of them.
So, doctor, I still remain here in Washington, occupying my time nearly altogether among the wounded
Mother, every thing is the same with me, I am feeling very well indeed, the old trouble of my head stopt
& my ears affected, has not troubled me any since I came back here from Brooklyn—I am writing this in
Major Hapgood's old office, cor 15th & F st., where I have my old table & window—it is dusty & chilly
seen, the arrival of the wounded after a battle, & the scenes on the field too, & I can hardly believe my
want more than two or three days)—I want to see George, (I have his photograph on the wall, right over my
probably George will come out & see her, & that if he does you will send her word beforehand— Jeff, my
best way to enjoy a visit home, after all—When I come home again, I shall not go off gallivanting with my
& more shaky—how they can make any headway against our new, large & fresh armies next season passes my
it was made to me only as there was no one else in hearing at the moment—(he is quite an admirer of my
a week —so I thought I would write you a few lines now, to let you know— Mother, I suppose you got my
want to go down in camp once more very much—& I think I shall be back in a week—I shall spend most of my
you are well & in good spirits & Jeff & Mat & all, & dear little California & Hattie—I send them all my
afterwards that he (the sick man) had not eat so much at a meal, in three months—Mother, I shall have my
for somehow I was thinking from your letters lately whether you was as well as usual or not—write how my
army this spring, to the utmost—they are sending down many to their reg'ts that are not fit to go, in my
Washington—We have had quite a snow storm, but is clear & sunny to-day here, but sloshy, I am wearing my
On March 6, George wrote to his mother: "I found my trunk up at Fort Schuyler all right the morning I
always find they like to have me very much, it seems to do them good, no doubt they soon feel that my
away some gay tunes now, though it is quite late at night—Mother, I dont know whether I mentioned in my
region, makes a good officer—Mother, I could get no pen & ink tonight—Well, dear Mother, I send you my
army as a first lieutenant in the Eighty-fourth New York Infantry on May 23, 1861, and was appointed captain
soldiers], down at the depot—[It w]as one of the same [old] sights, I could not keep the tears out of my
lately as though I must have some intermission, I feel well & hearty enough, & was never better, but my
—I] wish you would write very so[on again] too—I feel uneasy about [you]—I send my love to Jeff & Mat
by him soothing him, he was wandering all the time, his talk was so affecting it kept the tears in my
somewhat impressed, but I could not see any thing in it worth calling supernatural—I wouldnt turn on my
could write— Wednesday forenoon—Mother, I didn't get the letter in the mail yesterday—I have just had my
breakfast, some good tea & good toast & butter—I write this in my room, 456 Sixth st.
not worry & feel unhappy about money matters—I know things are very high—Mother, I suppose you got my
believe I worry about worldly things less than ever, if that is possible)—Tell Jeff & Mat I send them my
Whitman is possibly referring to Captain John Mullan.
infantry, that wouldn't do the same, on occasion— Tuesday morning April 12th Mother, I will finish my
envelopes, & one to George—Write how you are, dear Mother, & all the rest—I want to see you all—Jeff, my
sis is—I am well as usual, indeed first rate every way—I want to come on in a month, & try to print my
wrote yesterday to Han, & sent one of George's last letters from Annapolis—Mother, I suppose you got my
blessing on him, he says, I am no scholar & you are—poor dying man, I told him I hoped from the bottom of my
—dear sister Mat, I quite want to see you & California, not forgetting my little Hattie too— Walt 2 o'clock
can know the men so well as I do, I sometimes think— Mother, I am writing this in Willard's hotel, on my
My dear sir, your contributions are very, very welcome—they go to the direct sustenance, cheer, & comfort
after a long spell of rain storms, but the last two or three days very fine—Mother, I suppose you got my
every thing to fight for their last chance—calling in their forces from southwest &c—Dear Mother, give my
love to dear brother Jeff & Mat & all—I write this in my room, 6th st— Walt Walt Whitman to Louisa Van
it, are very serious about it—Mother, it is serious times—I do not feel to fret or whimper, but in my
—& how the dear little girls—Jeff, I believe the devil is in it about my writing you, I have laid out
Mother, I have just had my breakfast, I had it in my room, some hard biscuits warmed on stove, & a first
& surgery, instead of being racked through the long journey up here—still may come in here—Mother, my
know one bit more on what they are writing about than Ed does— Mother, you say in your letter you got my
I hear from him, before sending them— I remain well as usual—the poor fellow I mentioned in one of my
I send my love to you & Jeff & all—we are having a very pleasant coolish day here—I am going down to
post office to leave this, & then up to my old friends O'Connors, to dinner, & then down to hospital—Well
by, dear Mother, for present— Walt Tuesday afternoon 3 o'clock—Mother, just as I was going to seal my
Mother, of course you got my letter of Tuesday, 3d, with the letter from George dated Bristoe station—I
Washington May 18 1864 Dearest Mother, I will only write you a hasty note this time, as I am pretty tired, & my
Did you send my last letter to Han?
like to hear about the poor young men, after I have once begun to mention them—Mother, I have changed my
house was sold & the old lady I hired the room from had to move out & give the owner possession—I like my
new quarters pretty well—I have a room to myself, 3d story hall bedroom, I have my meals in the house
all—I will surely have to come home as soon as this Richmond campaign is decided—then I want to print my
feel in health these days, dear mother—I hope you are well & in good heart yet—I remain pretty well, my
saw him this morning—I am still around among wounded same, but will not make you feel blue by filling my
neglected again to send him word—I have not heard from home now in some days—I am going to put up a lot of my
I said, What is it, my dear, do you want any thing?
Richmond— Walt— Jeff, of course you must take this up to mother soon as you go home—Jeff, I have changed my
51st—George's letter to me of 16th I sent to Han—should like to see Mr Worthen if he comes here—give my
remembrance to Mr Lane I have writ to George several times in hopes one at least may reach him—Matty, my
In addition, he altered phraseology: "What is it, my dear" became "What is it, my boy?"
those terrible long lists—Still there is a sufficient sprinkling of deeply distressing cases—I find my
I lost nearly half of my Co. but we won the fight . . .
come home for a short time, & pretty soon—(I will try it two or three days yet, though, & if I find my
Mother, I have not felt well at all the last week—I had spells of deathly faintness, and bad trouble in my
—My head was the worst, though I don't know, the faint weak spells were not very pleasant—but I feel
(near 3d st)—it is not a very good place, I don't like it so well as I did cooking my own grub—& the
there also, but I do not go myself at present—it is probable that the hospital poison has affected my
system, & I find it worse than I calculated—I have spells of faintness & very bad feeling in my head
, fullness & pain—& besides sore throat—my boarding place, 502 Pennsylvania av, is a miserable place,
written to George since—I shall write again to him in a day or two—if Mary comes home tell her I sent her my
his "head feels disagreeable"; In a letter dated May 30, 1864 also to Louisa Whitman, he wrote that "my
Baldwin entered the army at age twenty-nine, became a captain on October 1, 1862, was wounded at Laurel
a bad place, armory building, where the worst wounds were, & have absorbed too much of the virus in my
ambulances—tell Jeff the $10 from Mr Lane for the soldiers came safe—I shall write to Jeff right away—I send my
My dear Walt,— Your letter to Wm. of July 24. he forwarded to me in a letter that I got last evening.
Did you like my picture?
You told William you got my letter, so you must have got the picture enclosed.
It was in my first letter—I have sent you three, this is my fourth to you, have you got them all?
Just think, Walt, of my being a lion down here on your account, because it is known that I have the honor
and now this is my third epistle to you, so I shall claim a word from you when you are able to write.
My sister & Dr. Channing both ask for you with the greatest interest, & Jeannie , Mrs.
incursions, no more new developments in the Ginnaty affair, no more detentions by fire or water occur, my
I shall get into New York about an hour later than usual, & put my baggage upon the Stonington Boat to
Ginnaty was not to be my neighbor.
My love to your mother, & very much to you, always, dear Walt, from Your friend Nelly O'Connor.
Then lift your white hands, and my arms From harms And troubles the baby will keep.
Ellen O'Connor related in a letter on November 24, 1863, that the Count had said to her recently: "My
biography, The Ferry Boy and the Financier (Boston: Walker and Wise, 1864); he described their meetings in My
Though Trowbridge was not an idolator of Whitman, he wrote to O'Connor in 1867: "Every year confirms my
My dear comrade, I have been very sick, and have been brought on home nearly three weeks ago, after being
sick some ten days in Washington—The doctors say my sickness is from having too deeply imbibed poison
into my system from the hospitals—I had spells of deathly faintness, & the disease also attacked my
as soon as I had strength—But I am making too long a story of it—I thought only to write you a line—My
dear comrade, I am now over the worst of it & have been getting better the last three days—my brother
I never think of you but it makes my heart glad to think that I have bin permited to know one so good
know I got home all safe—I do not feel very well yet, but expect to, or begin to, pretty soon—I send my
I think I never in my life felt so wholly blue and unhappy about any one's going away as I did, and have
My hospital ministrations are very fascinating with all of their sadness.
Brooklyn Tuesday even'g July 5 1864 My dear friend I have had the misfortune to fall back a little since
same as if written to her—I do not write much, nor do any thing hardly, but keep as quiet as possible—my
physician thinks that time, with the change of locality, & my own latent recuperative power, will make
I intend to move heaven & earth to publish my "Drum-Taps" as soon as I am able to go around.
love—also Ashton—I will write should there be any change in my condition— Good bye for present, my dear
Of the O'Connors, Thomas Jefferson Whitman wrote on June 13, 1863: "I am real glad, my dear Walt, that
O'Connor related in a letter on November 24, 1863, that the Count had said to her recently: "My Gott,