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.— Life, to both poor and rich, in great cities, is an excitement and a struggle!

very little of the shifts and frequent desperations of of the life existence of the poor in great cities—which

counterbalance the supreme advantages that, ( writers reasoners may say what they like,) make the city

very extreme, against the smart patent leather, delicate soled article, which even our hardy young city

we pass often.— ¶ Then Reader , did you ever notice, the Intelligence Offices, scattered about the city

Francis's tent—there were five of us altogether, to eat, sleep, write, &c. in a space twelve feet square

He encountered two men whom he had met in Boston in 1860: William D.

Littlefield, 1906-1996], 2:157), and, upon his arrival on the following day, took rooms where the O'Connors were

The family's fears and anxieties for George were the dominant theme in Jeff and Walt's correspondence

for these years, and were a chief reason for the intense correspondence between the brothers in 1863

; in this year more than one-third of Jeff's extant letters were written.

cheek wound, Walt decided to stay in the capital to help with the war effort by rendering aid in the city's

The engineers probably supported the hospital work because they were personal friends of the Whitman

but before we got there some of our troops managed to get across and hold the landing untill they were

reinforced when they drove the Rebs to the outskirts of the Town and we were ordered back to Camp.

we went over, but there was no general engagement although skirmishing was going on all day, but we were

The enemy were posted in an almost impregnable position on a raange of hills which they have covered

forced to haul off and we laid still untill about 3 Oclock when we were ordered up to the front.

battle of First Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)—a Union disaster in which 1,284 Federal troops were

Whitmans could not be absolutely sure that this name was a misprint for the Whitman surname, they were

The next day—December 17—the family's fears were confirmed by an entry in a list of wounded in the New

We were paid, a few days since, and one of our Officers leaves this afternoon for Washington to take

to Camp,  I had charge of the line, for more than a mile, so that I had to keep my Eyes open,  we were

think there will be a fight here at Fredericksburg, as we have orders to fix up our tents as though we were

Moreover, were there not the freshest and finest fish to be bought within stone-throw?

Light-house Keeper—and with an air which showed we were not going to stand on trifles, gave voice to

The very waters were as quiet as a stone floor, and we made a table by placing three boards on some barrels

Truly those were wonderful hours!

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

nearer to rational comfort and decorum; but the several specimens of men, women and children whom I saw were

how few Americans there are who have not heard of thee—although there are equally few who have seen thee

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

There were earths of all colors, and stones of every conceivable shape, hue, and destiny, with shells

There were some of them tinged with pale green, blue or yellow—some streaked with various colors and

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

In 1836 it saw two rival stagings in New York City: it was performed in English as The Maid of Cashmere

Where in thunder does all the troops go, that the papers say are leaving New York, and the other Citys

We were ordered, one day last week, to be ready to move at five minutes notice, and as we had heard artillery

reconnoissance somewhere near Charlestown Va, but as they did not find the Rebels in very strong force, we were

last two papers, and since there are such ties of connection between the eastern counties and this city

The black-fish were biting famously, and I stood at the end of the dock, quite proud of a big fellow

It was a very pleasant and sensible party; the girls were unaffected and knew a hawk from a hernshaw,

who had been captured by Ninicraft, Chief of a hostile tribe, and kept for a long time in durance, were

And yet in all the deeper features of humanity—love, work, and death—they were the same.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

"old ferry," advancing with steady increase, until it has become one of the finest and wealthiest cities

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

Despite their defeat, the American troops' subsequent escape from Long Island without being attacked

This was a famous old church, built some years before the Revolutionary war; the services were in Dutch

After the superstructure of the ancient edifice had been mostly removed, as they were tearing away one

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

Despite their defeat, the American troops' subsequent escape from Long Island without being attacked

astonishing that immense quantities of good land lie yet untilled, within two hours reach of this great city

An immense city was sure to be that same Hicksville; now its sovereign sway enfolds a large unoccupied

thousands upon thousands of human beings, all lying unproductive, within thirty miles of New York city

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

rather write of victories than defeats, (Although you can hardly call Chantilly a defeat as the enemy were

untill Thursday Sept 11th when our advance came up with part of the Artillery force of the enemy who were

enemy opened fire but our Artillery soon got to work throwing shot and shell so fast that the enemy were

We came up with the Rebel army again on Sunday Sept 14th  the enemy were posted in a splendid position

After assuring ourselvs that they were gone for good, we stacked arms and I took a walk over our part

Vallandigham and his followers were allowed to draft the platform.

The wounded officers from Company F were Second Lieutenant William T.

Both were wounded on September 7, 1862, at Antietam Creek.

W E alluded in the last paper to the fact that though the inhabitants and wealth of Long Island were

mostly concentrated in Brooklyn, there were still other sections, forming the vast remainder of the island

, that were well worthy of record and of further investigation than has yet been afforded them by our

years, it was confidently counted on that this spot, and the railroad of which it was the terminus, were

We were along there a few days since, and could not help stopping, and giving the reins for a few moments

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

the Long Island Historical Society in 1863 and served as its president until 1873.; The Leffertses were

residence at the corner of Fulton Street and Nostrand Avenue in 1838, was an executive of the Brooklyn City

Redding is unidentified.; James Henry Hackett (1800–1871) was an American actor associated with the Academy

last Sunday for 3 or 4 hours on the Mountains. but our loss was not very heavy  on Tuesday last we were

engaged twice and lost heavy  General Reno was killed on Sunday  we were in his Division and he thought

The material for this article is largely taken from Mary Louise Booth's History of the City of New York

(1860).

"S O REGULAR were [was] their lives that the lack of time-pieces made little difference.

This was a strictly family meal; dinner parties were unheard of, and the neighbor who should have dropped

Tea over, the party donned their cloaks and hoods, for bonnets were not, and set out straightway for

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

this period.; The material for this article is largely taken from Mary Louise Booth's History of the City

of New York (1860).

An explanation of our handling of the quoted material is given in No. 35, note #5.; These were ornamental

hill to see hundreds of men leave their regiments without being hurt at all and some 2 or 300 wounded were

After resting a short time the first Brigade of our Division (which is Reno's Division) were ordered

into a peice of woods where the enemy were strongly posted and our Brigade which is the 2d was ordered

as the enemy did not see fit to attempt to take the Battery we had nothing to do but lay off as we were

posted,  just before night we were ordered into the woods but just as we were about going in we saw

McDowell troops were posted) and were trying to flank us and cut off our Artillary and baggage train

Both engagements were decisive victories for the Confederates.

Eldridge, the Boston publishing firm responsible for the third edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass (1860

At the time, Thayer and Eldridge were already advertising a new volume of Whitman's poetry entitled The

Banks were distrustful. No one knew how the war would end.

All book firms were 'shaky.' . . .

Anti-slavery people were interested in keeping [Thayer and Eldridge] up, but they were forced to call

Booth's excellent "History of the City of New York," "History of the City of New York from its Earliest

The windows were small and the doors large; the latter were divided horizontally, so that, the upper

Sideboards were not introduced until after the Revolution, and were exclusively of English origin.

"Sofas, couches, lounges, and that peculiarly American institution, the rocking-chair, were things unknown

but these pictures were wretched engravings of Dutch cities and naval engagements, with family portraits

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

company relocated to Southampton.; The Stadtholder was the chief magistrate of Holland.; "History of the City

of New York from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time," New York, 1860 (copyright, 1859), pp.

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

Vallandigham and his followers were allowed to draft the platform.

During his siege of the city, McClellan repeatedly asked Lincoln for additional troops.

Word came to us at Newbern on the 1st of July that they were fighting in front of Richmond and we were

We were quite surprised to get orders to go on board of Transports for we were under orders to march

We arived and came to anchor at Hatteras Inlet on the afternoon of July 3d and there we were told that

McClellans forces were in Richmond and we were ordered back to Newbern, where we arived on the afternoon

4th. next day we pitched our tents on the old camp ground and we had just got them pitched when we were

expectation of joining McClellan's Army of the Potomac, which was engaged in an attempt to capture the city

letter to night from his wife saying, that she had been there two or three times  once Han and Heyde were

as pretty flags as I ever saw presented to the Regt  one by the Ladies of New York and one by the City

Boys and asked if they would exchange,  the boys let up such a yell as convinced the Colonel that the City

Vallandigham and his followers were allowed to draft the platform.

idea how long we shall stay here, we have been all ready to leave two or three times, but the orders were

We were paid off day before yesterday and I send you five dollars by this,  I will send you 25 or 30

Vallandigham and his followers were allowed to draft the platform.

John Brown (Boston: Thayer and Eldridge, 1860), a correspondent for the New York Tribune during the war

, the originator of the "Lyceum" lectures, and editor of the North American Review in 1886.

He met Whitman in Boston in 1860 (Thomas Biggs Harned Collection of Walt Whitman, The Library of Congress

He concluded his first letter to Whitman on June 25, 1860: "I love you, Walt!

City Photographs—No. VII [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS—NO. VII. THE BOWERY.

Both were named for the North-South streets that ran through their hearts and both boasted a host of

After a successful career as an explorer of the American West, John Charles Frémont became the newly

population.

"Velsor Brush" was Whitman's pseudonym for the "City Photographs" series.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

Both were named for the North-South streets that ran through their hearts and both boasted a host of

A rift within the Republican Party in the early 1860s resulted in radical abolitionists calling for new

population.; "Velsor Brush" was Whitman's pseudonym for the "City Photographs" series.

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

advance, if there is any advanceing to be done in this part of the world  I would not be surprised if we were

family of John Brown, a tailor, had been sharing the Portland Avenue house with the Whitmans since 1860

See Louisa Van Velsor Whitman's letter to Walt Whitman, March 30, 1860 (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana

Vallandigham and his followers were allowed to draft the platform.

City Photographs—No. VI [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS—NO.VI. THE BOWERY.

William Sefton and John Sefton were brothers.

American actor Edwin Forrest was a divisive figure, with numerous followers and enemies.

For such were the plays, and finely sustained, that we used to go and see at the Old Bowery.)

Louisa Medina was the first American female playwright to make a living as a dramatist.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

.; The Franklin Theatre, known for its small size, opened in 1835.; William Sefton and John Sefton were

An American version controversially cast the actress Adah Isaacs Menken as Mazeppa, traditionally a male

American actor Edwin Forrest was a divisive figure, with numerous followers and enemies.

See Joseph Norton Ireland, Records of the New York Stage, from 1750 to 1860 (New York: T. H.

Vallandigham and his followers were allowed to draft the platform.

connected with the locality of our New County Court House and Supervisors' Building, opposite the City

We ought to premise that the region surrounding our City Hall, and this new building being put up for

The neighborhood of our City Hall was, even in old times, a sort of central spot, where the people of

It went by the name of the "Hessian Hospital," Hessian Hospitals were originally German institutions

Here too from the earliest times, were "the polls" for election.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Parmentier in 1825, was one of the first botanical gardens in the United States.; Hessian Hospitals were

representative to the Legislature and the Assembly, and a County Court Judge.; Before Brooklyn obtained a city

In 1843 and 1844 he was elected Mayor of the city, and he held a number of other offices before his death

president of the Brooklyn Fire Insurance Company.; Alden Spooner (1757–1827), who served in the American

City Photographs—No. V [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHs—NO. V. THE BOWERY.

we plunge at once into tides, indeed real vortices, of some of our modern kinds of life in a great city

, and significant, in certain respects, of this city, out of all the rest of the world.

Here Chatham street, Catharine and Division streets and the Bowery, all come together, and, as it were

Hyer, American-born, knocked out the Irish Sullivan in under twenty minutes.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

It underwent several name changes—Bull's Head Theatre, New York Theatre, Bowery Theatre, American Theatre—and

Hyer, American-born, knocked out the Irish Sullivan in under twenty minutes.; "Velsor Brush" was Whitman's

pseudonym for a series of articles entitled "City Photographs," which he published in the New York Leader

Bohan, Looking into Walt Whitman: American Art, 1850–1920 (University Park: Pennsylvania State University

City Photographs—No. IV [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS—NO. IV. THE BROADWAY HOSPITAL.

Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City.

For other articles about the hospital, see " City Photographs " (March 16, 1862); " City Photographs

" (March 22, 1862); and " City Photographs " (March 29, 1862).

They were to leave the next day in a vessel for the Gulf, where their regiment was; and they felt so

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

Leader.]; Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City

For other articles about the hospital, see "City Photographs" (March 16, 1862); "City Photographs" (March

22, 1862); and "City Photographs" (March 29, 1862).; The Bloomingdale Asylum, the first of its kind

States, opened in 1808.; "Velsor Brush" was Whitman's pseudonym for a series of articles entitled "City

We were paid off day before yesterday up to the first of March,  I received $42  I had to buy lots of

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

All were swept away by the great fire of '48.

After the fire, the courts were transferred to City Hall. Mrs.

The population of Brooklyn was then but eighteen or twenty thousand.

Johnson was an Episcopalian pastor in New York City as early as the 1830s and as late as the 1860s.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

After the fire, the courts were transferred to City Hall.; The old Log Cabin to which Whitman refers

Johnson was an Episcopalian pastor in New York City as early as the 1830s and as late as the 1860s.;

of Brooklyn in 1837.; Joshua Rogers was another Brooklyn city Alderman in 1837.; R.

Brooklyn City Hospital in Raymond Street.—First Hospital Building in Hudson Avenue.

Gatherings were called in the churches, and subscriptions sought in every direction.

Institute," in American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: Artists Born by 1876 , ed.

Nichols, Robert Nichols, a former general, had helped establish the city hospital in 1839.

Of the charity patients, 173 were accidents sent by the city.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

"; The Brooklyn City Hospital actually acquired its temporary accommodations on Hudson Avenue in October

Institute," in American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: Artists Born by 1876, ed.

Giles Limited, 2006), 13–25.; Robert Nichols, a former general, had helped establish the city hospital

The hospital eventually became the Brooklyn City Hospital.; Our transcription is based on a digital image

City Photographs—No. III [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS—NO. III.

The case is recorded with great faithfulness and detail in the American Medical Register of this city

in 1832 and impressed American theater-goers.

John Watson served as President of the New York Academy of Medicine in the 1860s.

–1839) was an American painter. and this the coloring of Henry Inman.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

of the New York Hospital consisted mostly of prominent businessmen and wealthy patrons of New York City

in 1832 and impressed American theater-goers.

Edmund Kean was a famous actor and a contemporary of Kemble and Siddons, as were his son Charles and

–1839) was an American painter.; Henry Inman (1801–1846) was an American painter and John Wesley Jarvis's

by the Divining Rod but there is no such instrument for detecting in the crowded streets of a great city

Coffin during the day, Kinney's evenings were spent posing as "Mrs. Ellen Eyre."

City Photographs [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS. THE BROADWAY HOSPITAL.

Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City.

In former times, both abroad and here, there were some awful cases of this malady; the tortures were

The city contributes nothing to its support, and, I believe, never has contributed anything.

"Velsor Brush" was Whitman's pseudonym for a series of articles entitled "City Photographs," which he

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

Leader.]; Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City

Croton Dam, originally built in 1842 on the Croton River, was the first clean water system in New York City

Reynolds (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), 65–66.; The 1788 "Doctors' Riots" of New York City

See Edward Robb Ellis, The Epic of New York City: A Narrative History (New York: Carrol & Graf Publishers

not get a scratch although the balls rained around me for over two hours, and several of our boys were

We left Roanoke Island March 11th and landed about sixteen miles below Newbern (which is, or was a city

The enemy were posted in an almost impregnable position, but after 3 hours hard fighting (during which

Two other lieutenants were shot through the leg.

Our troops finally crossed in a boat and found the city nearly deserted and fired in 3 or 4 places.

According to the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs, there were ninety-eight Union

City Photographs [Written for the Leader.] CITY PHOTOGRAPHS. THE BROADWAY HOSPITAL.

Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City.

Then this Hospital has quite a venerable name among the medical profession and surgeons of the city,

For more on these portraits and doctors, see Whitman's " City Photographs—No.

Inspector of New York City. all memorable in their art.

Glicksberg first identified Whitman as the author of the "City Photographs" series in Walt Whitman and

Leader.]; Broadway Hospital, also known as New York Hospital, was the first major hospital in New York City

of disease and exhibits on the human body.; For more on these portraits and doctors, see Whitman's "City

An ancestor was one of the first doctors to receive a degree in medicine in the American colonies.

Inspector of New York City.; Significant information is not currently available on the other doctors

fight and did not get a scratch although the balls fairly rained around me, and several of our boys were

As soon as troops were all on shore we pushed on as fast as possible towards Newbern which is a nice

The first Brigade are quartered in the City.

or 15 that I saw, that were not. quite a number of the enemys canon were scattered here and there and

horses, that were used to draw them were lying about in the entrenchments,   From the best information

The first four sheets of this letter were written on Confederate stationery.

T HE premises at the corner of Henry and Cranberry streets, now the City Armory Building, resounding

It was here the City Fathers met, and transacted the business of the public.

The Marquis de Lafayette was a Frenchman who fought in the American Revolution.

The above officers were not elected, but appointed by the Board of Trustees.

Robert Nichols, a former general, helped establish the city hospital in 1839.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Brooklyniana No. 8" (January 25, 1862).; The Marquis de Lafayette was a Frenchman who fought in the American

Whitman's America (New York: Knopf, 1995), 33–34.; Alden Spooner (1757–1827), who served in the American

Before Brooklyn obtained a city charter in 1834, Sprague served several terms as its president.

He may have also been the first to introduce the lima bean to American gardens.; Leffert Lefferts III

On February 18, 1860, Soule went to Charlestown from Harrisburg and faked public intoxication in order

Soule attended a public memorial for Hazlett and Stevens in Boston, where Thayer and Eldridge were in

After the death of his father in 1860, Soule followed the gold rush to Denver, but enlisted in the Union

Chivington's attack on a group of unarmed native americans, which later came to be known as the Sand

Neither hose nor suctions were used, the supply of water being furnished in buckets, by hand, poured

The arms were placed fore and aft.

Eight men were sufficient to man this machine, which, like the venerable simile of the singed cat, was

The firemen were chosen annually in town meeting; and the choice was considered something to be proud

In 1793, there were about seventy-five buildings within the fire-district of Brooklyn.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

—Future Population.—State of Paumanok.—Landed Interest Valued.—South Bay.

It is argued that there are some dozen or twenty Long Islands here and there on the American coast and

future times significant as the seat of one of the most beautiful and intelligent of the first class cities

of the great nation of the Lenni-Lenape, or Delawares, of which stock the aborigines of this region were

there are all varieties of soil and appearance, from the gradually sloping eminences of the great city

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Kings), as is probably known to many of our readers, used to be at Flatbush, and the County Courts were

to be held, and all writs and processes were returnable, at the new Court-house in Brooklyn.

have been held at that place were transferred to the Apprentices Library in Brooklyn.

Then there were conflicting opinions, too, about the preference for different sites.

Some of these, we believe, were really purchased; and the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals [were] invoked

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

He died in office.; Anthony Campbell served as sheriff from November 1860 to November 1863.; Our transcription

These powder-houses were covered with slate, and were the only edifices in the neighborhood—being placed

appropriated to a free city Burial Yard, or Potter's Field.

Then the buildings and grounds (which yet belong to the city) were leased to the Government for Marine

Then the present City Park, at the Wallabout.

Part of it was, in due time, filled up by the city, and forms the present City Park, with its northerly

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

Despite their defeat, the American troops' subsequent escape from Long Island without being attacked

left Hateras with a fleet of about 70 vessels  only 15 or 16 of which was fighting crafts  the rest were

the gunboats throwing shell to cover us  one of the Mass regts landing just about the same time, we were

off the trees all around us, but our regiment behaved finely and pressed on as fast as possible  we were

planted there  ours were there first however but it was mighty tight between us and the others  when

we were going  they thought they would tole us up to the Bateries and then slaughter us as they did

Completing one hundred days' military duty, the men of the Thirteenth Regiment were mustered out of service

The chief results of the campaign were the seizures of Roanoke Island, New Bern, and Fort Macon.

No. 10 Old Stock of Our City.—The Burial Ground in Fulton Ave., above Smith street.

with crowds of interesting traditions and venerable facts of our city—giving it a broad mellow light

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

, from the beginning down to the late date when burials in our limits were prohibited by law.

But they were strewed so plenteously that a fair portion has been secured and kept.

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

British General William Howe defeated American General George Washington.

Despite their defeat, the American troops' subsequent escape from Long Island without being attacked

The Society played an active role in New York City politics until it was disbanded in the 1960s.; Our

Population of Brooklyn in 1660. A Church in Brooklyn, 1666.

It will be remembered that the English settlers were interspersed with the Dutch, almost from the very

Some of these were occasionally treated with severity.

In New England they were even condemned to death.

The location was changed, and placed where it now is (in Joralemon street, south of the City Hall).

Magazine (September 17, 1916) and then in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

In 1772, he gave an execution sermon for fellow Native American Moses Paul; the sermon received worldwide

There were only seven or eight houses from Orange street up to Joralemon, on that side.

was not finished until the battles were over.

were wounded.

Some of the bodies were carried to their friends at distance places, but most were buried in Brooklyn

The ones we saw entombed at the Episcopal burying-ground were some of the officers.

1862, Henry Reed Stiles notes, “The graveyard was for many years disused, being finally removed in 1860

See Henry Reed Stiles, History of the City of Brooklyn: Including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn

, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh (1867; repr., Westminster, MD: Heritage

, Fulton the First was not finished until the battles were over.

were wounded.