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

in Baltimore until Thursday evening then took the 9 oclock train for Harrisburg arived at H. about 2

morning I arrived at my uncles at McFarland Station I stayd there two weeks, then started for another part

[New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:644).

Grier, ed., Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:

Grier, ed., Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts, [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:

Grier, ed., Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:

Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 2 November 1863

Grier, ed., Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:

Grier, ed., Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts, [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:

Grier, ed., Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts, [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:

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,

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

Earlier in the Summer you might have seen the President and his wife, toward the latter part of the afternoon

or fifteen of the convalescent soldiers, young men, nurses, &c., with books in their hands, taking part

the cots themselves, with their drapery of white curtains, and the shadows down the lower and upper parts

Originally part of a libretto in the opera Clari , which debuted in London in 1823, the song quickly

Then there hangs something majestic about a man who has borne his part in battles, especially if he is

the wounded, sick, dying soldiers here came safe to hand—it is being sacredly distributed to them—part

minister to them, to sit by them—some so wind themselves around one's heart, & will be kissed at parting

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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 .

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.

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).

wounded three weeks ago to-day at Culpepper—hit by fragment of a shell in the leg below the knee—a large part

cases & is one of the least visited—there is not much hospital visiting here now—it has become an old story—the

few gas-burners about half turned down—It is Sunday evening—to-day I have been in the hospital, one part

serious for that" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1961], 2:

See also Stilwell's letters to Whitman from July 5, 1864, and September 2, 1864.

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

Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1921), 2:

Jeff wrote of Hannah on May 2, 1863: "We have not heard from Han since the letter that I sent you.

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

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

about an even chance, go or stay, with a little leaning toward the first—But, mother, to make a long story

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

Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1921), 2:

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

.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921], 2:38–39).

in the Brooklyn Daily Union of September 22, 1863 (The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, 2:

I send George papers now & then—Mother, one of your letters contains part of my letter to the Union,

street, not far from Pennsylvania avenue, (the big street here,) & not far from the Capitol—it is in 3d story

for rooms, I went in to see a couple of furnished rooms about like our two in Wheelers houses (2d story

are not so very dear, very much the same as in Brooklyn—dear mother, Jeff wrote in his letter latter part

volumes of poems and was an indefatigable compiler of anthologies, among which were Poets of America , 2

—Mother, don't you miss Walt —loafing around, & carting himself off to New York, toward the latter part

Well, mother, I have writ quite a letter—it is between 2 & 3 o'clock—I am in Major Hapgood's all alone—from

., The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page, 1921), 2:

1870" (Edwin Haviland Miller, ed., The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77] 2:

either—any thing like a telegraphic dispatch or express box or the like should be addrest 456 Sixth st, 3d story

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

Mother, I go down every day looking for a letter from you or Jeff—I had two from Jeff latter part of

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

Though there was little excuse for delay, Whitman remained in Washington until November 2.

.: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921], 2:29).

all right with him—it seems as if the 9th corps had returned to Vicksburgh, & some acc'ts say that part

thought of you too, how it must have exhausted you those hot days—I still occupy the same little 3d story

is a tall & handsome lady, & her actions are so graceful as she moves about the stage, playing her part

Cavalry, was admitted to the hospital on August 2, 1863, with a wound in the left leg, which gangrened

usual—most of the others are the same—there have been quite a good many deaths—the young man who lay in bed 2

hair—the chaplain took me in yesterday, showed me the child, & Mrs Jackson, his wife, told me the whole story

See also Stilwell's letters to Whitman from July 5, 1864, and September 2, 1864.

direct them to me, (if you should find convenient to send them) to Washington, 456 Sixth St north, 3d story

John Townsend Trowbridge was a novelist, poet, author of juvenile stories, and antislavery reformer.

Ferry Boy and the Financier (Boston: Walker and Wise, 1864); he described their meetings in My Own Story

the descriptive list had arrived, and that the package contained two copies of The Drummer Boy, a Story

Feinberg Collection; Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1961], 2:

See Trowbridge, My Own Story, with recollections of noted persons (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903), 179

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

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

the book is very rapid—is a book that can be read by the five or ten minutes at (being full of small parts

between my lads & me)—I pet them, some of them it does so much good, they are so faint & lonesome—at parting

, it may be" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1961], 2:

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

It has become an old story. The suffering ones cling to me, poor children, very close.

After I finish this letter (and then dining at a restaurant), I shall give the latter part of the afternoon

few lines to George & send them at the same time with this— Lowell is in the middle of the eastern part