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According to the "Hospital Note Book" (Henry E.
According to the "Hospital Note Book" (Henry E.
Morning Journal; see Whitman and Burroughs: Comrades, 10, and William Sloane Kennedy, The Fight of a Book
You must publish that book. William very often wishes for your return and wants to see you.
memoranda note," using a different pen, clearly indicates that he thought of using the note for the book
G erman prayer book wounded in left shoulder pretty bad—reads German & English—born in Penn. bring bed
to hear all sorts of stories, and had all sorts of hopes and fears; thought he might be living, a prisoner
18,1862, to his mother, Lousia Van Velsor Whitman (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
Potter (see Walt Whitman's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from May 26, 1863) as commanding officer
has been very light indeed and our regt. only had one man wounded, we took three or four hundred prisoners
furniture such as Pianos and Sofas, and I have seen the roads strewn with the most splendid bound books
18,1862, to his mother, Lousia Van Velsor Whitman (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
Potter (see Walt Whitman's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from May 26, 1863) as commanding officer
We have quite large Hospital and Convalesent Camps here, and we have to guard about 200 prisoners, (most
About 2000 of the prisoners that Burnside took at Cumberland Gap, passed here the other day, on their
Twenty-five hundred prisoners were taken.
I was very careful not to report myself in the list of wounded in my company, but I think Colonel Potter
Robert Brown Potter (1829–1887) was a lawyer who enlisted as a private at the beginning of the war.
On recurring to my note-book, I am puzzled which cases to select to illustrate the average of these young
As I write, I have lying before me a little discarded note-book, filled with memoranda of things wanted
I use up one of these little books in a week.
flag has flaunted through more than a score of hot-contested battles, the 51st New York, Colonel Potter
Potter enlisted in the 51st New York Infantry in October 1861 and was promoted to colonel in September
In 1863, Potter was promoted to brigadier general, and he commanded troops at Vicksburg and Knoxville
Potter enlisted in the 51st New York Infantry in October 1861 and was promoted to colonel in September
In 1863, Potter was promoted to brigadier general, and he commanded troops at Vicksburg and Knoxville
Boston, Oct 14, 1863 Walt Whitman Dear Friend— About the Book—yes, if I can.
There is a lion in the way—$ I could easily publish a small Book, but the one you propose—to stereotype
Whether I will or no depends somewhat on the printer's notions as to whether the book would sell.
Whitman wrote to James Redpath on October 21, 1863, with a detailed proposal for a book he proposed to
I have been to see about getting together a package of books for you, but the booksellers are so busy
idolator of Whitman, he wrote to O'Connor in 1867: "Every year confirms my earliest impression, that no book
has approached the power and greatness of this book, since the Lear and Hamlet of Shakespeare" (Rufus
According to the "Hospital Note Book" (Henry E.
get nothing but promises from the booksellers for the present, so I sent you today a package of such books
I can send you more newspapers—and perhaps more books—in a few days, if you wish for another bundle.
idolator of Whitman, he wrote to O'Connor in 1867: "Every year confirms my earliest impression, that no book
has approached the power and greatness of this book, since the Lear and Hamlet of Shakespeare" (Rufus
It is worth writing a book about, this point alone.
Again, from a boat that has just arrived, a load of our paroled men from the Southern prisons, viá Fortress
though originally young and strong men, never recuperate again from their experience in these Southern prisons
I was up to Ward A, this morning to see No. 40, he is better than he was when you went away, and Harry
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
The letter is pasted into a manuscript book, and the final letters on the edge closest to the binding
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
Calvin Smith, The Illustrated Hand-book, a New Guide for Travelers Through the United States of America
According to the "Hospital Note Book" (Henry E.
According to the "Hospital Note Book" (Henry E.
represent draft material for the 21 October 1863 letter that Whitman sent to James Redpath, pitching a book
On the reverse of the second leaf is a title page mock-up for the proposed book, Memoranda of a Year
Unable to get a publisher for his book at that time, Whitman waited for over a decade to publish Memoranda
eventuated in a note on the topic that Whitman added to Democratic Vistas (1871) when he created that book-length
Included with the letter, which pitches Whitman's idea for a book about his firsthand experiences among
Whitman was unable to get such a book published for over a decade.
on the topic of military reform that Whitman added to Democratic Vistas (1871) when he created that book-length
Potter, Robert B.
Potter enlisted in the 51st New York Infantry in October 1861 and was promoted to colonel in September
In 1863, Potter was promoted to brigadier general, and he commanded troops at Vicksburg and Knoxville
Mills, drummer, paroled prisoner. WOUNDED OR SICK, ABSENT.
Potter enlisted in the 51st New York Infantry in October 1861 and was promoted to colonel in September
In 1863, Potter was promoted to brigadier general, and he commanded troops at Vicksburg and Knoxville
According to Whitman's account of this interview, Chase "said he considered Leaves of Grass a very bad book
seeing Leaves of Grass on the table, Chase had asked: "How is it possible you can have this nasty book
According to the "Hospital Note Book" (Henry E.
Hospital Note Book Walt Whitman This prose narrative (probably describing the battle of White Oak Swamp
.; Hospital Note Book Walt Whitman; Transcribed from digital images of the original and from microfilm
1Address Books 1863, Sept.
With his help Jeff and Walt Whitman were later able to get provisions to George when he was a prisoner
April 11th 1863 Dear Walt, The two books you sent me (also one to Mr Lane) came all right.
If you, in looking around the second hand book stalls, see any Engnring works please write me what they
me who Andrew is reported to be married to" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
here than to send them to fortress monroe" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
In his letter of June 9, 1863, Walt indicated that he would try to return home to get "some MSS & books
He published several books on engineering and served as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers
you say anything you dont want all to read" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
For months the Copperhead press, especially the Day Book, Express, and Freeman's Journal, had been attacking
used up or any thing—especially the copy of Leaves of Grass covered in blue paper, and the little MS book
worst child i ever had any thing to doo with" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
she is dirty i dont wonder he used to drink" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
, 1863 [Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
wouldent know what to doo but i got the same old retort that it was me that was stingey with my bank book
i used it all i might go to the poor house" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
I am boarding at an old fashioned country house (I learn from a book on the table that it is the "Hon
unsafe for me to have him" (December 25, 1863 [Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
Your note book will certainly have a good many strange things in it.
Louisa Van Velsor Whitman of November 24, 1868 (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
soon get tired of fixing things" for Andrew (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
went last monday as far as suffron station" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books