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.00031xxx.00502A Night Battle in the late War1863prose1 leafhandwritten; This is a brief note, dated May 2,

Whitman reprinted parts of Our Wounded and Sick Soldiers in 'Tis But Ten Years Since, New York Weekly

Though parts of Our Wounded and Sick Soldiers were partially reprinted in the New York Weekly Graphic

Whitman later used a part of the published article (a part that has no parallel in the present manuscript

Howell1863prosehandwritten1 leaf; This manuscript contains notes on the story of a young soldier, Benjamin

history of the war and offers the rationale for his decision to record a "few glimpses" of "the Hospital part

Whitman used many of the scences from Roberts's story in the poem, A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and

1Diaries, 1863–1864, hospital notebooks (2 vols.)loc.00485xxx.00502xxx.00890xxx.00891[Hospitals Culpepper

Washington, Friday morning, Jan. 2, 1863.

and all—What distressing news this is of the loss of the Monitor — Walt Whitman to Martha Whitman, 2–

Whitman related the harrowing story of Holmes's illness in the New York Times, February 26, 1863 (in

According to his diary, Whitman wrote a (lost) Letter to Vliet on May 2, 1863 (Glicksberg, 133).

marching down from camp by regiments, to do our picket, and the incessant efforts of the men in all parts

I have, for this letter, some items, a part of the general history of the war, which I think you will

It will be remembered that this regiment formed part of the original Burnside expedition.

of Northern Virginia and Northwestern Maryland, and taking an active and important part during that

A PARTING REMARK.

very quiet, and mind their own business, and we do the same,  I dont see much signs of a move on our part

I rather think the greater part of the fighting for our Regt is over.

Concord Massachusetts 10 January 2, 1863 Dear Sir, Mr Walt Whitman, of New York, writes me that he is

seeking employment in the public service in Washington, & perhaps some application on his part has already

), 5:302-303, hypothetically reconstructs the two letters which he had not seen, and dates them "c. 2?

Chase, however, kept the letter because he wanted an Emerson autograph; see Trowbridge, My Own Story

enough, present and future, to attend to—but since it has come, I shall use it—I distributed between 2

On January 1–2, 1863, he implored Walt to urge George to quit the army and thus to spare the life of

I have distributed part of it in Ward 6, (Dr.

their barracks they lie—in those boarded Washington hospital barracks, whitewashed outside and in, one story

See Whitman's letter from January 2–4, 1863 .

Coleman Esq. .05 " Willie Durkee .15 " Miss Kate Lane $15.20.

Drake $2. " Cash " through John D Martin   $4 both of whom are employed on the work under Mr Lane.

He can hardly walk alone  He has been home about 2 weeks and has got so he can just get about a little

$11. 10 from Hill & Newman and $1. from Henry Carlow  On Tuesday I again wrote you, sending you $4…$2

Drake and 2 from "Cash" through John D. Martin  The enclosed $5 is from our friend Mr. E. Rae.

I am having a plan for a small 2 Story house (22 x 32) made and shall try to get Rae to build it for

The $4, namely: $2 from Theo. A. Drake and 2 [from] John D.

now—even if one don't get it)—I have seen Charles Sumner three times—he says every thing here moves as part

Lane enclosed a contribution of $1 from Martin in a letter on May 2, 1863.

It is postmarked: Washington | Feb | 2(?) | 1863 | D. C.

Thereafter he compiled extremely successful textbooks, and established the magazine, Story-Teller, in

TIMES OFFICE, WEDNESDAY NIGHT 2 O'CLOCK.

It is excellent—the first part and the closing part of it especially.

Thereafter he compiled extremely successful textbooks, and established the magazine, Story-Teller, in

NUMBERS OF SICK AND WOUNDED GATHERED IN AND AROUND WASHINGTON—THE PLAN OF ONE-STORY BARRACKS FOR THEM

These sheds now adopted are long, one-story edifices, sometimes ranged along in a row, with their heads

to the street, and numbered either alphabetically, Wards A, or B, C, D and so on; or Wards 1, 2, 3,

A few weeks ago the vast area of the second story of that noblest of Washington buildings, the Patent

Let me tell his story—it is but one of thousands.

Mother had a letter from Han on Saturday  she seemed about the same although Heyde wrote in the latter part

On March 2, 1863, he asked O'Connor to visit him in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.

here this winter & there wont be now its to late in the season They are making maple sugar in this part

The Hospitals still engross a large part of my time and feelings—only I don't remain so long and make

conceit of war—still for all that I am not sure but I go in for fighting on—the choice is hard on either part

On March 2, he asked O'Connor to visit him in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington D.C.

Imagine a long one-story wooden shed like short wide rope walk well whitewashed, then cluster ten or

Bowen: An Unknown Whitman Letter Recommending an Army Doctor," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 1, no. 2

Coleman, Willie Durkee, and Kate Lane.

On February 10, 1863 , Jeff sent $2 from Theodore A.

Drake, a waterworks inspector, and $2 from John D. Martin.

Bowen: An Unknown Whitman Letter Recommending an Army Doctor," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review 1, no. 2

Coleman, Willie Durkee, and Kate Lane.

On February 10, 1863, Jeff sent $2 from Theodore A.

Drake, a waterworks inspector, and $2 from John D. Martin.

Fugitive Mail: The Deliverance of Henry 'Box' Brown and Antebellum Postal Politics," American Studies 50:1/2

Gray: Since I left New York, I was down in the Army of the Potomac in front with my brother a good part

not Virgil showing Dante on and on among the agonized & damned, approach what here I see and take a part

My notion is, too, that underneath his outside smutched mannerism, and stories from third-class county

I hire a bright little 3d story front room, with service, &c. for $7 a month, dine in the same house,

Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, 2 vols.

He plays the same parts that Amodio used to but possesses the (to me) most wonderful voice, with the

Putnam's Sons, 1920), 2:46–50.

Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, 2 vols.

There are no extant letters from George until April 2, 1863, when, as Walt Whitman predicted, George

Whitman George Washington Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2 April 1863

Yesterday she had an immensely bad fall on the back part of her head.

and reached over to get a small piece of stuff to stitch, leaned too far and fell striking the back part

will write you again to-morrow Yours Affectionately, Jeff Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 2

See Jeff's letter to Walt dated April 2, 1863.

Our Hospt is a large five story building and accommodates between 300 & 400 patients, most of whom are

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1933], 133), Whitman wrote a (lost) Letter to Vliet on May 2,

This letter is written on the verso of George's letter of April 2, 1863 .

Putnam's Sons, 1920), 2:46–50.

Waldron, ed., Mattie: The Letters of Martha Mitchell Whitman [New York: New York University Press, 1977], 2)

Presumably two volumes of the Pacific Railroad reports (see Jeff's letter to Walt from April 2, 1863)

Similarly, Lane sent dollar contributions from six individuals on May 2, 1863.

Johnson, 2nd ed., 2 vols (Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1858–59).

See Jeff's letter to Walt dated April 2, 1863.

He says that she must fix up her third story room for Han an him and a lot of stuff.

In an April 2, 1863, letter Jeff had requested "a copy of the Pacific R. R.

Yesterday Mother locked the front basement door while she went to some other part of the house a moment—to

Katherine Molinoff, Some Notes on Whitman's Family, Monographs on Unpublished Whitman Material, no. 2

He was defeated at Chancellorsville, Virginia, on May 2–4, 1863, and was succeeded by Meade on June 28

Country I ever saw,  the people seem much more inteligent, and every way better, than in any other part

Jeff wrote to Walt Whitman on April 2, 1863, that Andrew was "real sick with his throat.

Tripp, suffered heavy losses on July 2, 1863, in defense of the Emmitsburg Road at the Battle of Gettysburg

to come safe through all the engagements & marches of this war, & that we shall meet again, not to part

.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:28–29; and Charles I.

Budell, "Writen by Walt Whitman, a Friend," Prologue Magazine 42, no. 2 (Summer 2016): 44–45.

Budell, "Writen by Walt Whitman, a Friend," Prologue Magazine 42, no. 2 (Summer 2016): 44–45.; The Armory

Mch 26, Left Newport News & went on board steamboat John Brooks. 2 Compys went to guard the baggage on

April 4th changed camp to the other side and about 1 1/2 miles from town, Apl 9 A scouting party was

13th Routed out about 11 P.M. told to get ready to get in light marching order Apl 14th Left about 2

feet, and a breakfast Apl 1th Struck tents about 4 A.M. marched to Winchester (15 miles) arrived at 2

PM marched through and about 2 miles to the other side encamped (the 21st Mass was left to protect Mt

have put 300 in the bank but so it is we live very saving indeed but things is very high i have got 2

Fugitive Mail: The Deliverance of Henry 'Box' Brown and Antebellum Postal Politics," American Studies 50:1/2

Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 2 May 1863

Hart was granted several leaves of absence from March 2, 1863, through June 1863.