Search Results

O Captain! My Captain!

Captain: Could you give me a little further information about my brother Capt. George W.

Was my brother really well & hearty? Was Lieut. Sam'l Pooley, 51st N. Y., there, & how was he?

Do you know whether my brother got letters & boxes we sent him?

, or any points relating to my brother, it would deeply oblige me—address — Walt Whitman Washington D

C Walt Whitman to Captain William Cook, 27 February 1865

3yal.00006xxx.00139Sea Captains, Young or Oldabout 1873poetry2 leaveshandwritten; This manuscript is

a signed draft of Sea Captains, Young or Old, which was published first in the New York Daily Graphic

Sea Captains, Young or Old

has a relative—a prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Ohio. he is desirous of obtaining the name of some Captains

, an order to obtain his exchange, by securing the release of the Captains.

Several of my brother officers are desirous of obtaining a copy of "the Reconnysance" by Capt Sim's.

& I would esteem it as a great favor, if you would enclose it, in a letter & send it to my address.

You will please accept a copy of my Ca accounts in exchange for your own.

New York 16th Feby '65 My Dear Walt Whitman: On the receipt of your favor of the 26th ult., I arranged

with Captain Walton for the sending of a box to our dear and brave boys at the Danville Military Prison

Captain Wright does not think the boxes will ever reach our boys—but this shall not prevent my trying

Captain Charles W. Walton was a member of the Fifty-first Regiment, New York State Volunteers.

There are passages in the lines entitled 'Captain, My Captain,' and in the war-lyric commencing 'Beat

City Point Va Feby 16th 1865 My Dear Friend, The Box for your brother, Captain Whitman, was sent on the

Brooklyn, New York April 3, 1865 Captain George W.

(from which latter place he was paroled one month since,)—and that in my opinion it is now unsafe for

Captain Geo W Whitman 51 N.Y. Vols SC 20 days Edward Ruggles to U.S.

Sunday afternoon My dear Walt wasent wasn't it good to get that from george and so lately i began to

read the names in the times to day today but georges was not amongst them they were all officers Captain

the same feelings but i feel better of it it seemed like as if there was A dozen crickets singing in my

bad feelings and i had A bad could cold in my head i could not sleep at nights but i feel better but

money out off the bank there was only 100) 50 dollar it was all right Jeffy see to it i have paid my

William Cook was a Captain in the 19th U.S. Colored Troops.

institutionalizing Jesse because, according to her December 25, 1863 letter, she "could not find it in my

Whitman, Captain George Washington Whitman, Walt Whitman's younger brother by ten years, served in the

December, 1862, was commissioned as Captain; all these steps for conduct in the field.

.; Captain George Washington Whitman, Walt Whitman's younger brother by ten years, served in the New

he has gone home to day today Buffalow Buffalo he is very much attached to George he said when the Captain

Made Captain Aug. 1864—got a family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American

Sims, a captain in George Washington Whitman's Fifty-first New York Volunteers, had been the subject

out, George only suffered a minor injury: "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" (see George's December 16, 1862 letter

had a letter from George a few days ago—Mother tells me that George is wanting to get a position as Captain

in the regular Army—I have though[t] considerably about it and have made up my mind if we all go to

work it could be done quite easy —Jule Mason was at my house yesterday and I had a long talk with him

talk the matter over—he can and will help us if we will only make the effort I am going to try all in my

When you see George give my love to him—talk over the matter that I have written abt. and see what he

Captain George W.

Captain Whitman, leaving the Rappahannock with his regiment in February, 1863, now went round with them

many, that a shell, whose explosion had killed two of his company and seriously hurt a third, struck Captain

Petersburg (Virginia, June 9 and June 15–18, 1864) were Confederate victories. and down the Weldon road, Captain

.; Captain George W.

Last fall, our readers may remember, Major Whitman (then Captain) was spoken of by us as at that time

Promoted to Captain. February, 1863.—Left Falmouth with regiment. April, May, etc.

We allude to Captain Daniel E.

District of our city, a brave officer, who fell mortally wounded in May, 1864, in the Wilderness; Captain

Dear son, I did not finish my letter because I have not been able to get the little picture of Lincoln

& Washington —but I succeeded in getting one this morning—I send it as a little present to my dear boy

live at the same place in M street, 468—only I have moved into the front room—it is pleasanter—I have my

meals brought up to me—my landlady gives me very good grub, $32.50 a month—Well I must draw to a close

Now, Ally, I must bid you good by, & I send you my love, my darling boy, & also to your parents, for

John Gibson Wright rose from captain to colonel in the Fifty-first Regiment; he was appointed to the

According to Jeff's letter of May 14, 1865, George wanted an appointment in the regular army as captain

I wished I was where I could have a hand in fixing up something for my old comrade, but here we cannot

verry disagreeable for all that are on Picket. but I shall have to bring this to a close by Sending my

Made Captain Aug. 1864—got a family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American

enrolled as first sergeant of Company F (though by the time of his imprisonment he had been promoted to captain

along—we had a cold week, but the past three days has been much moderated—I am satisfied in the main with my

I have such a good bed—& my stove does very well—it is a little bit out of the way in location—My work

easy—I am through by 4—I find plenty who know me—I received a week's pay on Monday, came very acceptable—My

My room is 468 M street, 2d door west of 12th—from 10 till 4, I am in the Indian Bureau, north-east corner

Mason, who "used to be in my party on the Water Works."

According to his letter to Jeff on January 30, 1865, Whitman wrote to "Captain" Mason the same day; on

I suppose that you have nearly forgotten me, but if you will think back you will remember a man by my

And now you will please accept my thanks for all the favors that you have shown me while lying then unable

Made Captain Aug. 1864—got a family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American

State Volunteers where he enrolled as first sergeant of Company F (and was eventually promoted to captain

O Captain! my Captain!............................

O CAPTAIN! MY CAPTAIN! O CAPTAIN! my captain!

Leave you not the little spot, Where on the deck my captain lies. Fallen cold and dead. O captain!

my captain!

My captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still; My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse

Washington, March 13, 1865 My dear Sir: Would you do me the favor, if convenient, immediately on receiving

Captain Samuel H. Sims, a member of George's regiment, was killed on July 30, 1864, at Petersburg.

My dear brother, Your letter has only just reached me though I see the Brooklyn post office stamp is

I get my meals where I can—they are poor & expensive—You speak of the Indian office—it is a Bureau in

Jeff, you need not be afraid about my overdoing the matter.

I shall go regularly enough, but shall be on my guard against trouble.

torments my best, best love—Jeff, give my respects to Mr.

He was a captain when Whitman mentioned him again in a letter from May 25, 1865.

Made Captain Aug. 1864—got a family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American

knew all about his arrival at Anapolis Annapolis i saw his name in the times with 500 others arrived) my

brother George Washington Whitman had been exchanged, at least as of his February 27, 1865 letter to Captain

with George Washington Whitman in the Fifty-first New York Volunteers, and he rose to the rank of captain

Mason who "used to be in my party on the Water Works" in his February 10, 1863 to Walt Whitman.

talk of the Vetterans getting out yet: if you have any thing in the way of advice to give concerning my

Books, and I have thought that were bigger fools than me making a living very Easy although I admit my

note by Whitman following the closer that reads, "June 25th '65—I have rec'd many curious letters in my

occasionaly showed some little kindness to—I met him, talked with him some,—he came one rainy night to my

such houses as we were talking about,' are—upon the whole not to be answered—(& yet I itch to satisfy my

I have entirely recovered from my wounds long since and have been at work part of the time and attending

I have been at work about six weeks, consequently my hand is not in very good condition for writing.

I have been promising myself to write to you ever since I returned home but have failed to keep my promise

If I can not go into anything there, what do you think of my going further south, say to Savannah.

I am a married man but I am not happy for my disposition is not right.

On April 21, Wilson acknowledged Whitman's reply of April 12: "I do not want you to misunderstand my

motives in writing to you of my Situation & feelings as I did in my last letter or else I shall have

to be more guarded in my letters to you.

I wrote so because you wanted me to write how I was situated, and give you my mind without reserve, and

Y., July 16th 1865 My dear brother We duly received your letter —We of course all felt very indignant

are well  the baby is a little down just now—but I guess she will be all right again in a few days—My

she manages to quarrell me out of it—so that I leave it half eaten—she begins by questioning me about my

women [Heyde's art students],...and goes so far as to intimate that I have sexual intercourse with my

pupils, at my room This is damned mean—reckless characterless, common, and disgusting" (Trent Collection

Realy my experience robs my heart of all charity—Han has a plausible superficiality, but under that she

Somerville Mass Jan 6th, 1865 My Dear Friend, I have been thinking much of you lately & wondering where

A great change has taken place in my life since I saw you.

My dearest friend has left me, leaving in her place a little boy, now eleven months old.

LeBarren LeBaron Russell, with your note in my hand, but failing each time, I gave him up .

I feel that, if I live frugally ' sincerely, and do not use up my mental energies in rapid writing I

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

Good Night Mother give my love to all G. W.

course you knew all about his arrival at Anapolis  i saw his name in the times with 500 others arrived)  my

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

Grass (1891–92), lines from this manuscript appear in both One's-Self I Sing and Small the Theme of My

of an unpublished poem entitled The Soul and the Poet, which may be a draft of the poem Come, said my

Myself": "Looking in at the shop-windows in Broadway the whole forenoon . . . . pressing the flesh of my

perhaps to receive a note from one whose name even you do not know, but I have long had you down in my

heart as one of my friends, and will tell you all about how I came to write to you now.

Last week I had a letter from my friend Miss M. E.

Often when I am reading it I take the words right home to my heart, and feel stronger and better for

friend forever, though I may never see his face, and this must be my excuse now.

—1865 June 3 My dear Walt I once more send you A few lines to let you know we are all pretty well it

letter to Hanna yesterday but I have not finished it yet but will try too to to day and to morrow if my

head dont don't hurt me I have considerable distress in my head seems to affect my eyes but is better

after I get up in the morning and wash my eyes in cold water matty is very kind to me when I feel well

part I have got pretty short I wish if you can walt you would send me enoughf enough to pay my rent

Washington, Feb 3, 1865 My dear friend, From the deep distress of my mother whose health is getting affected

, & of my sister—& thinking it worth the trial myself, I write this hastily to ask you to do, or rather

one of the special exchanges (of which they are now making quite a number) shall be made, in favor of my

(both the above officers have been promoted from the ranks for conduct on the field)— Walt Whitman My

C. as I go to post office for my letters. Walt Whitman to John Swinton, 3 February 1865

My dear Friend: As you see by the date of this, I am back again in Washington, moving around regularly

My health is pretty good, but since I was prostrated last July, I have not had that unconscious and perfect

The physician says my system has been penetrated by the malaria—it is tenacious, peculiar and somewhat

It is my first appearance in the character of a man not entirely well.

C., as I call for my letters daily at the post office. Should you have an opportunity to see Dr.

My Dear Friend, I have been thinking about writing you at Brooklyn but as I did not know for certain

have thought of you very often since I saw you and would have gone to Brooklyn to see you again had my

have not been out much since I saw you as the weather would not admit and when the weather is stormy my

her as you know I have good reason to thank her for many a kind turn which she wrought for me during my

Please tell Mr Woods (if you see him) I am enjoying good health and I send my kind regards to him and

My dear William & Nelly O'Connor, I write a few lines to tell you how I find the folks at home—Both my

My brother would be in what I would almost call fair condition, if it were not that his legs are affected—it

I find myself perplexed about printing my book.

My brother Jeff wishes me to give you his sincerest thanks for your good will &c in the matter of the

My sister at Burlington Vt. is not well, & mother will probably pay a long visit there this summer.

I have written & sent my application to Mr Otto, & also a few lines to Mr Ashton, with a copy of it.

I am most desirous to get the appointment, as enclosing, with the rest of the points, my attentions to

the soldiers & to my poems, as you intimate.

Still Leaves of Grass is dear to me, always dearest to me, as my first born, as daughter of my life's

Not a word for over three months from my brother George —the probabilities are most gloomy.

Walt Whitman Dear Friend I am now at my own home but hav not got my discharge yet.

I have to go back to rochester to get my discharge. the day that I left thare went to the patent ofice

them kicked me on the forehead and then they start to run and the wagon wheel struck me on the back of my

My friends their respects Please if get this rite and if you will Please to sennd me that potographs

My dear Nelly, I sit down home here in the front basement alone to write you a few lines.

I find it makes a mighty difference in my visit—(What is home without—&c)— My dear little California

worse—the fourteen days are up next Sunday—meanwhile she grows weaker & weaker— I am middling well—My

I send my love to Charles Eldridge—same to Ashton—when you write tell me the latest from the baby & Mrs

Washington February 4 1865 My dear friend, As you see by the date of this, I am again back in Washington

I spend a portion of my time around among the Hospitals as formerly—I find quite a good many bad old

My health is pretty good, & I remain in good spirits considering.

I send my love to Emily and Helen and all— Walt Whitman Direct to me simply to Washington, D.

C. as I go to post office for my letters. Walt Whitman to Abby H. Price, 4 February 1865

Brooklyn January 20 1865 My dear friend I suppose you must have heard from Ashton that I received Mr.

We got word yesterday by means of an exchanged prisoner, from my brother George, but only up to November

I suppose you got my letter of some ten days since.

Nelly, I send you my love, & hope you are well & [in] good spirits. Farewell.

Of the O'Connors, Thomas Jefferson Whitman wrote on June 13, 1863: "I am real glad, my dear Walt, that

brought down here to the front basement, & has in every respect improved much since last Saturday—Then my

will next week be put in the hands of a New York publisher & launched on the market—at least that's my

design at present — When you write tell me all about William—My mother returns bringing cheerful intelligence

whole—& is herself in splendid condition—havn't seen her look & apparently feel better in many years—My

My Brothers James & Joseph are both well and in the Regt and wish me to return thanks for your kind remembrance

We finished our march to this place last Thursday afternoon and as soon as we halted my Regiment were

My heart is to full to write anything about him, for I cannot tell how well he was liked by the Soldiers

I am pained to say that many of my company secretly rejoiced when we received the news of the assasination

There are a large number of my comrades buried there and I should like to have the satisfaction of seeing

I have changed my back room to the front room, & have my meals sent up by the landlady—She gives me very

very pleasant & sufficiently cool—after the melting hot summer—I am writing this in the office, by my

Well, my dear comrade, how are you, & how does it go?

I send you my love, & God bless you, dearest comrade—Write soon, dear son, & give me all particulars.

My dear Walt: The article you sent Nelly from the London Leader is in my possession. Good!

If, ever since I have been here, I had not had the worst cold I ever had in my life—a cold which has

made me really sick and spoiled the pleasure of my visit—I should doubtless have ere this sent off the

On my way through New York I enquired at Harpers for Curtis and found he was out of town.

My wife returns your friendly remembrance and yours, I hope, has not forgotten me.

My dear Trowbridge, Your letter has reached me—my best thanks for your contribution to the wounded &

Times of two months since containing a sketch of my Visits to Hospitals —I thought one had been sent