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co NY co F 2nd US Cavalry Glen's Falls Warren co NY September 9 1863— The contents of this notebook were

microfilm images at the Library of Congress's website "Poet at Work: Walt Whitman Notebooks 1850s–1860s

," part of the "American Memory" project. scene in the woods on

The contents of this notebook were written during Whitman's hospital visits to wounded soldiers.

microfilm images at the Library of Congress's website "Poet at Work: Walt Whitman Notebooks 1850s–1860s

," part of the "American Memory" project.

City regiments—the soldiers from the States, from the country, especially the West & from New England

Though Trowbridge became familiar with Whitman's poetry in 1855, he did not meet Whitman until 1860 when

Coleman, "Trowbridge and O'Connor," American Literature, 23 [1951–52], 327).

While he was with the Boston Post, he invented the American version of Mrs.

quarters as I ever enjoyed—good living good fire—good rooms and good bed—clever old dutch-fashioned American

See Thomas Jefferson Whitman's letter to Walt Whitman from April 16, 1860.

Although Jeff appears to have written "DeBenor's" or "DeBevor's," neither name is listed in the city

Though Trowbridge became familiar with Whitman's poetry in 1855, he did not meet Whitman until 1860 when

Coleman, "Trowbridge and O'Connor," American Literature, 23 [1951–52], 327).

While he was with the Boston Post, he invented the American version of Mrs.

kept from Louisa even though both letters were enclosed in the same envelope.

Manahatta "Hattie" Whitman (1860–1886) was the elder daughter of Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Whitman and

and April, 4, 1860 letters to Walt).

James "Jimmy" and George "Georgy" were Nancy and Andrew's sons, and Nancy was pregnant with Andrew, Jr

In the early 1860s, Andrew worked as a carpenter, and he enlisted briefly in the Union Army during the

I am glad to Know that you are once more in the hotbed City of Washington So that you can go often and

Though Trowbridge became familiar with Whitman's poetry in 1855, he did not meet Whitman until 1860 when

Coleman, "Trowbridge and O'Connor," American Literature, 23 [1951–52], 327).

expect evry day to start for elickazandry [Alexandria] to the convalesent camp if i could get to the city

levels for a Mr Worthen who has been appointed to make an examination and report on supplying the city

As to Mother herself I should be perfectly willing—if she were so situated that it could be done—to take

—If such a thing were possible.

in New York in 1849 and served as sanitary engineer of the Metropolitan Board of Health of New York City

Louis Water Works, and developed a major reputation as a consultant (The National Cyclopaedia of American

He published several books on engineering and served as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Joseph Howard, Jr. (1833–1908), was war correspondent for the New York Times until he was appointed city

He was very grateful for your interest, and his last words to me were—"tell him to write to me."

There seems a sort of hopelessness about this, and being unused to hospitals my feelings were far from

While he was with the Boston Post, he invented the American version of Mrs.

Walt wrote me that Matty and all the rest of you were doing everything in the world that could be done

for Andrew and it is some consolation to know, that he died surrounded by friends and relatives, who were

There were ten carriages in the funeral train (Louisa Van Velsor Whitman to Walt Whitman, December 4,

greatest interchange of magnetism human relations are capable of—I have told you how young & how American

I agree with you Walt, that in time he must see right through those people, & if it were not for the

I quite envy you the Opera, I wish I were there with you for a week to go around.

Last Sunday we were out walking & met the Count, the first time since you left.

He immediately asked for you, & I told him where you were—he asked if you were coming back &c. & when

I wish that you were back here in your old room for my sake, for I miss you & shall.

Cooper on March 27, 1860; the Mrs.

During the 1860s, Price and her family, especially her daughter, Helen, were friends with Whitman and

In 1860 the Price family began to save Walt's letters.

entry for April 18, 1864, the Count referred to Whitman as among "the most original and genuine American

LeRoy Fischer, Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 36 (1949–1950): 415–434, and the Dictionary of American

income, where I could have you often with me, than all the dissipations & amusements of this great city—O

I do not know that I told you that both of my parents were dead but it is true and now, Walt, you will

Dear Walt, we long for you, William sighs for you, & I feel as if a large part of myself were out of

the city,—I shall give you a good big kiss when you come, so depend upon it.

Cooper on March 27, 1860; the Mrs.

O'Connor, who, with Eldridge and later Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer and Eldridge in 1860

the most important, of the adulators who divided people arbitrarily into two categories: those who were

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

Every thing looks on the rush here in these great cities, more people, more business, more prosperity

The life here in the cities, & the objects, &c of most, seem to me very flippant & shallow somehow since

was one half of the Boston based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who put out the 1860

The pieces were Lucrezia, Sonnambula, &c. Nelly, I have seen Charles Howells.

really shrewd at bottom, & may prove more able to pick his way through the humbugs of the world than we were

Nelly, I have seen Mrs Price, but not to have much true & friendly talk, as there were many present.

O'Connor, who, with Eldridge and later Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

Cooper on March 27, 1860; the Mrs.

According to Miller, Edward and Jesse Whitman were mentally handicapped.

out of the city—I shall give you a good big kiss when you come, so depend upon it."

—Two of the Colonels and all of the rest of the commissioned officers that were able to be transfered

: were transfered to the Hospital at Georgetown, so we aint got so many shoulder strapes hear, but we

many a life for thear was a great many of our men killed & wounded The rebs that was in this ward were

Draper read it—they were all verry much pleased with it)— All of the old patients are a getting along

has bin so much talk about, this morning but if they are as long about getting it finished as they were

But you were asked for, and we all wished you present. Of course Mr. Eldridge & Mrs.

I know more about it than when you were here, and I assure you that you will be rendering a service not

Don't forget the three things you were to bring for my especial benefit.

entry for April 18, 1864, the Count referred to Whitman as among "the most original and genuine American

LeRoy Fischer, Mississippi Valley Historical Review, 36 (1949–1950): 415–434, and the Dictionary of American

Cooper on March 27, 1860; the Mrs.

During the 1860s, Price and her family, especially her daughter, Helen, were friends with Whitman and

In 1860 the Price family began to save Walt's letters.

I do not know that I told you that both of my parents were dead but it is true and now Walt you will

Were it not for the great love for my wife I would stop until you returned but I still think I shall

only taught me how much I should miss you and also what a vacancy there would be in my affections were

Among the wounded were the Col and the Maj. of the 6th Wisconsin Regt. and quite a number of privates

a great many of them were very badly wounded, more so than any lot I have seen come in, eight of them

early—I suppose it is not necessary to tell you how I voted—we have gained a great victory in this city—it

Well, dear comrades, it looks so different here in all this mighty city, every thing going with a big

the markets with all sorts of provisions—tens & hundreds of thousands of people every where, (the population

I have not lately made any requests of my friends for more thinking you perhaps were well supplied for

Dear friend Walt Not knowing what they were agoing to do with me until thursday last is my excuse for

am about old fassion. my leg mends slowly (about as it was when you wer hear) I have bin out in the city

nice shirts thear. 1 told them that they wer just the kind that I wanted—but they told me that they were

layed out for distributation amongst the diferant camps through the city. so I got non of them, & I

i am at home now i got home after noon my famly is well i left washington wensday we got to Jursey city

to see a young man whom I love very much, who has fallen into deepest affliction, & is now in your city

deal for many weeks—he then went home to Barre—became worse—has now been sent from his home to your city—is

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!

man & his wife have written me, & asked me my address in Brooklyn, he said he had children in N Y city

Walt Whitman's concerns about his mother's health were raised by Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Whitman's October

textbooks on engineering and served as chief engineer of Brooklyn from 1869 to 1877 and president of the American

In the early 1860s, Andrew worked as a carpenter, and he enlisted briefly in the Union Army during the

James "Jimmy" and George "Georgy" were Nancy and Andrew's sons, and Nancy was pregnant with Andrew, Jr

the time—something considerably beyond mere hospital sketches—a book for sale perhaps in a larger American

reference to the future—bringing in persons, the President, Seward , Congress, the Capitol, Washington City

times to make them do it in military style—I have seen not a single officer that seemed to know American

any time I will give you a letter to him—I shouldn't wonder if the big men, with Fremont at head, were

front doors, with four locks & bolts on one, & three on the other—& a big bull-dog in the back yard—we were

" presumably Lincoln's first campaign song, and served as correspondent of the New York World from 1860

He published many volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1885) and A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to

They planned to build a railroad from Kansas City to the West.

Stedman was engaged by Hallett to edit The American Circular, which propagandized for the new railroad

John and Margaret Stilwell were the parents of James, John, and Julia Stilwell.

worst of my sickness she hardly left my room how often have I thought what would become of me if it were

McReady I know to be as good a man as the war has received out of Brooklyn city" (Emory Holloway, ed.

, The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman [Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company

So many men were wounded at this time that he had "to bustle round, to keep from crying."

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!

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!

many pale as ashes, & all bloody—I distributed all my stores, gave partly to the nurses I knew that were

Our men engaged were Kilpatrick's cavalry.

They were in the rear as part of Meade's retreat—& the reb cavalry cut in between & cut them off & [attacked

(I guess we, I & the wounded &c, were made for each other.)

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!

Washington October 11 1863 Dear friend, Your letters were both received, & were indeed welcome.

deprived of] it—& O how gladly I would [bestow upon you a] liberal share, dear Abby, [if such a] thing were

In the hospitals among these American young men, I could not describe to you what mutual attachments

He was the publisher of the third edition of Leaves of Grass (see the letter from March 29, 1860) and

See Thomas Jefferson Whitman's letter to Walt Whitman from April 16, 1860.

of Washington, the progress on the Capitol Dome, army ambulances, and the quality of light in the city

(Emory Holloway, ed., The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman [Garden City, New York: Doubleday

happened for our dear times, when we first got acquainted, (we recked not of them as they passed,) were

I am writing this in Major Hapgood's office, fifth story, by a window that overlooks all down the city

exact thing at the exact moment, goes a great ways, to make gifts comfort & truly nourish these American

Stevenson, Anne and Mary Wigglesworth were patrons of various benevolent organizations in Boston.

Kirkwood (1807–1877), a prominent civil engineer and cofounder of the American Society of Civil Engineers

A lifelong friend of Jeff's, he became city engineer of Boston (1871–80) and completed his distinguished

career as chief engineer of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1880–1908).

October 4; reprinted in Emory Holloway, ed., The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

Relations between the two families were sometimes strained; see Whitman's letter from March 22, 1864.