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Mary writes that Fanny is married Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 1 January 1863
I think of sending them by mail, if the postage is not more than $1.
brother Walt, Mr Lane handed me your note yesterday and I enclose the within $6, $5 from myself and $1
I N C AMP, ON THE F ALMOUTH SIDE , A RMY OF THE P OTOMAC , J ANUARY 1, 1863.
At the date of the present hasty sketch (Jan. 1, '63) the 51st is lying in camp, under its excellent
I did not wish you to send $5, for I do not think it right—it is entirely too much—nor mother $1—I think
Durkee $1. " L. M. Smith Esq $1. " Geo. H. Burgess Esq $5. " G. T.
George Washington Whitman to Walt Whitman, 1 February 1863
Contributed by Hill & Newman $1.
I mailed a letter to you either last Friday or Saturday, containing $11. 10 from Hill & Newman and $1.
their heads to the street, and numbered either alphabetically, Wards A, or B, C, D and so on; or Wards 1,
Glicksberg ("A Whitman Letter," New York Times , May 1, 1931, 26).
Bowen: An Unknown Whitman Letter Recommending an Army Doctor," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 1, no. 2
Whitman’s brother, Thomas Jefferson Whitman, enclosed $11 from Moses Lane, $10 from Hill & Newman, and $1
going with him i told jeff he better not go as he was very tyred tired george said it would be 12 or 1
W. will consent to give $1 per month regularly to be sent to you for Hospital purposes.
feet. eggs pie. bread butter cheese apples coffee &c Mch 31st Crossed the Ohio on the ferry boat about 1
April 4th changed camp to the other side and about 1 1/2 miles from town, Apl 9 A scouting party was
(Fred) Gray to Walt Whitman, 1 May 1863
privet and as study as a Jug JC sebrig is fist lutenent B B Jones is a lutenent brother william is ordly 1
Wallace to Walt Whitman, 1 July 1863
Kirkwood $1 " John D Martin " Chas Botsford and $3 from self.
you will like to hear it, mother, so I tell you— I am finishing this in Major Hapgood's office, about 1
inform you that I am well and that my leg is mending verry fast I left Washington on the 2nd on the 6 1/
Washington August 1 1863 Both your letters have been received, Lewy —the second one came this morning
Brown, 1 August 1863
Her hair is getting lighter and i guess will be about the color of mine The enclosed $2 is sent $1 by
Martin and $1 by Henry Carlow. I wish you would write me a Hospital letter .
We keep 1 horse and two cows and two hogs we have in a nice little field of corn & we had a nice little
hurl at Gettysburgh Gettysburg , Most historians consider the Battle of Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, July 1–
Washington September 1 1863 Dear Mother, I have been thinking to-day & all yesterday about the draft
write about her—dear mother, good bye for present— Walt Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 1
little over 3000 names they drew 1056 nearly one in three, while in other wards the proportion was 1
in 6 and 1 in 7 and in the 9th ward 1 in 10.
morning report this morning (and for the last 8 days has been the same) was I—Capt, 2 Sergts 2 Corpls, 1
Davis, 1 October 1863
Curtis to Walt Whitman, 1 October 1863
W ASHINGTON , Thursday, Oct. 1, 1863.
Martin "1 " Henry Carlow In my yesterdays letter I said something about the acknowledgement of the moneys
furlough, his folks live I think in Jamaica, he is a noble boy, he may call upon you, (I gave him here $1
take the plesure of fulfilling my promace a writing to you hoping those few lines will find you well 1
they told me that they had non—than I went into their store room and thear was some nice shirts thear. 1
I then took the 1-40 pm train I did not chang cars again until I got to Chicago Friday evening I got
the copperheads are completely played out My Regiment (the 5th Wis) cast 450 vots all Republican but 1
Well, it is now past midnight, pretty well on to 1 o'clock, & my sheet is most written out—so, my dear
going there and her being out of things she probably was out of some things i had given her that week 1
feet muffled. orders that men should tread light & only speak in whispers— Then between 12 midnight & 1
diarrhea father Ranson Northrop Webster, Monroe co N.Y. some brandy ward A bed 41 Pleasant Borley co A 1