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Whitman by Alexander Gardner, 1863 Whitman referred to this as "one of the several portraits which William

The skirmish was kept up untill about daylight on the morning of the 17th when a white flag was run up

My brother William sailed for Port Royal ten days ago—to be present at the attack on Charleston—if it

Jest like a privet and as study as a Jug JC sebrig is fist lutenent B B Jones is a lutenent brother william

unted an wee have got the pras of the finest regment in these pats My Capten Skaggs is ded brother william

friends if not we ask the favour of you to inquire i suppose John was buried not far from Culpeper William

William H. Seward , | Secretary of State. Ralph Waldo Emerson to William H. Seward, 10 January 1863

Though they received older uniforms, worse equipment, and lower pay than white soldiers, and were barred

Though they received older uniforms, worse equipment, and lower pay than white soldiers, and were barred

White & Company, 1904], 7:206).

Hospital Note Book Walt Whitman This prose narrative (probably describing the battle of White Oak Swamp

scene in the woods on the peninsula—told me by Milton Roberts, ward G (Maine) after the battle of White

The prose narrative at the beginning probably describes the battle of White Oak Swamp and is the basis

The prose narrative at the beginning probably describes the battle of White Oak Swamp and is the basis

men badly burnt by explosion of caissons &c —wrote a number of letters for Ohio & Indiana m en Wm Williams

Armory May 12 William Williams co F. 27th Indiana wounded seriously in shoulder— a he lay naked to the

Williams Lafayette Tippecanoe co. Indiana Noah Laing bed 36 Ward I Mrs. Edwin Burt.

Matthew Partridge, William Gill, DEATHS OF BROOKLYN MEN.

From late June through the middle of October 1863, forces under Union General William S.

trees, through all the streets and in the well-kept public grounds, and through this green, the milky white

I shall always identify Washington with that huge and delicate towering bulge of pure white, where it

Then other varieties; there will be a procession of wagons, bright-painted and white-topped, marked "

Washington being full of great white architecture, takes through the Summer a prevailing color-effect

of white and green.

White canvas coverings arch them over, and each wagon has its six-mule team.

L INCOLN never reposes at the White House during the hot season, but has quarters at a healthy location

there, (I think the light is extra-powerful here,) besides a large effect of green, varied with the white

We have put the draft through, have conscribed a goodly lot of whites, blacks and Secessionists; and

some badly wounded—and, perhaps, never to rise thence,) the cots themselves, with their drapery of white

Is William in New York—or where? The article is to be paid for. Walt.

elaborately wrought balustrades, columns, & steps—all of the most beautiful marbles I ever saw, some white

A friend of mine, William D.

men here—the scene is a curious one—the ward is perhaps 120 or 30 feet long—the cots each have their white

Walt Whitman to William S. Davis, 1 October 1863

have any thing but a cup of tea & some bread or crackers, (first rate tea though with milk & good white

William very often wishes for your return and wants to see you. Good bye. With love from us all.

Cooper has been coaxing, persuading, begging, entreating, commanding even William to go on with them

shall not unless some strong pressure is brought to bear between now & Monday, for I can see that William

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

William is well as usual, he is at the office or would send lots of love. Mrs.

told me he was at the regimental hospital at a place called Baltimore Corners not many miles from White

Fourteenth st., the cavalry after him—I really think it would be safer for him just now to stop at the White

I send my love to William.

In the parlor is hung up a large blue placard "Headquarters of the Pantarchy" in white letters.

Tom, you tell the boys of your company there is an old pirate up in Washington, with the white wool growing

A pause, the crowd drops away, a white bandage is bound around and under the jaw, the propping pillows

limpsy head falls down, the arms are softly placed by the side, all composed, all still,—and the broad white

Dear comrade, I send you my love, & to William & Nelly, & remember me to Major [Hapgood] — Walt Walt

America, already brought to Hospital in her fair youth—brought and deposited here in this great, whited

guard-house is a nasty, lousy dungeon without light—in it was a nigger with his wrists in manacles, and four white

a fine house across the way from Hospt No 3, where the Surgn Steward and women stop it has a large white

father i will hef to close now good by from Wm E Vandemark to his friend Walt Whitman please write William

me know what he says about the exstention I will close now good by from a friend and well wishes William

am able to come No more at present Good by answer by return mail from a friend and ever shall be William

well father i will close now with giveing yo the address write soon for i long to heer from yo from William

E Vandemark to his father good by William E.

i will close now good by and may god take care of yo and that we may soon meet from friend & son William

Vandemark to his comrad and father and friend William E.

William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 25 December 1863

talk with him he is all rite now father i will close good by dear father and friend from a friend William

E Vandermark to a dear friend Walt Whitman good by William E.

I will now close hoping to hear from you soon I remain Your Friend William H.

homemade notebook which contains, among other notes, an account of the retreat following the battle of White