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Both Larr and Bush were assigned to quartermaster duty in Company I of the 1st Indiana.

Well I feel at home here and dont think I will come to the city untill I am muster out for good Everything

Lutt so I was not alone had quite a nice time told them how long I had been in city and what kept me

Adrian Bartlett was a friend of Joseph Harris and Lewis Brown; all three met Whitman while they were

According to Brown's letter of September 5, 1864, the three young men were living in a Washington boardinghouse

have met and called them Friends how often the word Friend, is missplace, but you have told me you were

expecting to meet you there I was sorrowfully disapointed on my arrival there to find that my conjectures were

Christopher and Maria Smith were the parents of Bethuel Smith, Company F, Second U.S.

in May 1864, the 4th Vermont sustained extraordinary losses; nearly half of the regiment of 550 men were

Christopher and Maria Smith were the parents of Bethuel Smith, Company F, Second U.S.

should like to have been with you so I could have nursed you back to health & strength, but if you were

with your mother no doubt you were taken care of better than I could have done for you but I would liked

they live there is no one such as you at least I have often thought of you and wondered where you were

if you were still visiting Armory Square Hospt I believe I wrote to you that you had two Children instead

I did not think that you were going to die, but I could not possibly overcome the feeling that our dear

Friday to pay the Staff Officers down at the front in the 5th Corps, Warren's & he said he wished you were

And when gold went up so last week, I thought we were going to have a crash in the finance at once, &

the very next day was intensely hot, & so for four days, & then I was glad for your sake that you were

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

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

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

(For Calvin Beach's review of the 1860 Leaves of Grass see "Leaves of Grass.")

If these were love letters, Walt Whitman hardly treated Mrs. Beach's heart-stirrings discreetly.

The men of the Ninth Army Corps were sent home to their respective states for furloughs and re-enlistment

When I last wrote you from Nasville Tenn. we were just about leaving that place for the front.

Well we went to Knoxville by way of Chattanooga, stopped at Knoxville a day or two, and then were ordered

The next day after we arrived at the Creek we were ordered to bout face and travel over the same ground

regiments of the Ninth Army Corps—having been sent back to East Tennessee after their re-enlistment leaves—were

report to Annapolis, Maryland, where new regiments recruited under the direction of General Burnside were

was not very well when he wrote but I hope he is all right again before now,  all the rest he said were

In the first place when we stared on this campaign we were not organized and equiped any thing like Meade's

Amry, for while we were marching all over the Country they were lying quietly in Camp preparing and

Vallandigham and his followers were allowed to draft the platform.

heavy reduction in ranks when, as the first line of defense in the battle near Pegram house, they were

Made Captain Aug. 1864—got a family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American

peice of woods where the enemy had been in considerable force a few hours previous,  I thought we were

of September, near the Weldon Rail Road, but am proud to think that we stood and fought untill we were

The nine officers were Lieutenants William T. Ackerson, William C. Caldwell, James H.

After marching through the city, the Ninth Army proceeded into Virginia.

Camp near Annapolis Md April 14th 1864 Dear Mother, We were paid this afternoon for the Month of February

I am first rate and am getting along tip top,  when I last wrote you I believe we were in barracks.

Union losses approached 18,000, of whom 2,000 were killed; the Confederate loss probably exceeded 10,000

Wilderness battles, & half of it wrenched off" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American

A few days after I last wrote you (we were then in barracks) we pitched camp in a wet marshy place,—and

days, drawing ammunition, shelter tents for men and Officers and Camp & Garrison equipage,  here we were

march of two days we reached the Creek and found everything quiet and after staying there one night we were

next, and everyone is satisfied to wait untill he gives the word, and then whether it be, to take the City

Our lines are in some places within easy Artillery Range of the City, and from where we lay we can plainly

see the spires of the Churches in the City.

assault on Confederate lines in front of Petersburg, Virginia, had failed, Grant began a siege of the city

Washington because he feared that George would be among the many battle casualties arriving in the city

The last time I wrote you, I believe we were somewhere near Coal Harbor (although I dont think I knew

in plain sight of the rebel skirmishers we were considerably puzzled how to work without exposing our

men to much, for as soon as the men began to dig the rebs commenced to blaze away at them, and we were

lay in line of battle,  I did not much like the idea of being drove off and before I left the rebs were

We were in a large open plain,  our Batteries were just behind us and the rebel Batteries were just in

bold movements and fighting, with the loss of sixteen men" (Emory Holloway, "Fifty-First New York City

Veterans," Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman [Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1921], 2:

On the Evening of the 29th (our Regt being picket at the time) we were notified to be ready to leave

After going back as we were ordered, we waited for an hour, and had made up our minds that the thing

The Artillerynen all along our line were standing by their guns ready to fire, and the very second the

think it was intended the instant the Fort was blown up, for the First Division of our Corps (who were

alive were brought off and the dead were burried.

Explosives were planted beneath the lines there to be discharged on July 30, 1864.

Following the blast the four divisions of the Ninth Army, assisted in various ways by other army corps, were

Both Generals James Ledlie and Edward Ferrero—commanding the First and Fourth divisions, respectively—were

Parenthesis were added by another hand.

We entered a wood where the enemy were known to be in strong force behind their breastworks, and we soon

They opened on us with two batteries of Artillery but we were so close to them that they could not depress

poping away at us. but we stayed there from 4 Oclock n the monring to 3 in the afternoon and then we were

all alone, as our supports had been withdrawn, but we were ordered to fall back to our rifle pitts if

we were too hotly pressed.

Three of his company were killed close by him.

'George was just the luckiest man in the American army.

said one of the old men of the regiment to me" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American

When the war ended, he became a pipe inspector for the City of Camden and the New York Metropolitan Water

John Gibson Wright (1837–1890) served as an officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War.

so soon or did he leave any messages for us. the least thing from him will be interesting to me we were

not expecting to hear of his death as all the news we got were favorable of late nor can we realise

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).

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

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

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

I never can say how anxious I was about you when you were here.

was so lucky that you left just when you did, for the three or four days succeeding your departure were

But, on the whole, every feeling submerges in gratefulness and thankfulness that you were away from this

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

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

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

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

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

to the door whar I had a grand interunion with my friends I found all of them in good health they were

On May 2, at the Battle of Chancellorsville, 153 men from the 55th Ohio were killed, wounded, or missing

again now I am now at chestnuthill Hospital philadelphia this hospital is About ten miles from the city

and Poets (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1877), Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (New York: American

The two Bentons were cousins, and both were poets and writers.

Poets, (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1877), Notes on Walt Whitman as Poet and Person (New York: American

Adrian Bartlett was a friend of Joseph Harris and Lewis Brown; all three met Whitman while they were

According to Brown's letter of September 5, 1864, the three young men were living in a Washington boardinghouse

It is a good institution if I can judge by the Book Keepers here in the City that have been through the

Detroit is a very pleaseant City They have two or three Theaters going now I was to one of them last

City have been here for the last week last night was the last night I persume you have seen her lots

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

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

in the Ward each give him $5.00 per week to stay & dress their wounds for them I Board down in the city

Adrian Bartlett was a friend of Joseph Harris and Lewis Brown; all three met Whitman while they were

According to this letter, the three young men were living in a Washington boardinghouse; Harris was not

you must rest & begin again They first maid their appearence on Sunday night some few miles from the City

On Monday there was great excitement in the City, the citizens armed them selves & went out to hold the

Dept & some in the War Dept wer armed and hurried out to the front 3 miles from the City limits.

Adrian Bartlett was a friend of Joseph Harris and Lewis Brown; all three met Whitman while they were

According to Brown's letter of September 5, 1864, the three young men were living in a Washington boardinghouse

He has spoken a great many times to his friends how very very kind you were to him, & I assure you Mr

will excuse me in not writing you before Though I tried to find out by the Boys in Armory where you were

letter to you at the time I was Poisoned has has not affected me any that time I looked the whole City

Shortly after I came to the city again to be Mounted on a Horse & we layed in the Defences of Washington

the time the Rebels came to attack the City.

Yesterday I was over to the City & saw the Boys in Ward. A. .

Washington that is one reason why I had rather be sent to the Regiment I would not stay around this City

service for a considerable a mount of Pork & Soft Bread Walt yours I received after I returned from the City

we bore our part & I believe acquired ourselves manfully some of our brave fellows fell there. we were

also at the siege & capture of Port Hudson where our Col was wounded & many of our men were killed in

Night we went to the wharf to get each a horse But I had to returne to camp with out one because there were

See Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, April 16, 1860.

Eldridge, co–publisher of the 1860 Leaves of Grass and later a clerk in Hapgood's office, helped the

superiority; he marked an article on "The Slavonians and Eastern Europe," North British Review, American

cloths—clear out closets &c) to not touch a thing, informed the men that I paid rent for the rooms that they were

In the mean time the Browns were trying to let our room to Jim Jourdan's wife.

—The increase of rent is $52—$36 of this they were going to fasten on Mother—I offered Travis that I

See the letter from Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman of April 3, 1860.

See Thomas Jefferson Whitman's letter to Walt Whitman from April 3, 1860.

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

had, some of the passengers went to bed, others walked the cabin floor, looking as gloomy as if they were

Altho I was frightened a good deal, it was not so much as some of the men were.

If the boat had sunk we were within a few feet of the shore, but I dont think we could have got there

Traveller's Note Book—" (Emory Holloway, ed., The Uncollected Poetry and Prose [UPP] of Walt Whitman [Garden City

Brooklyn, May 15, 1864 Dear sister Han, Mother duly received your last letter and glad were we to hear

one-fourth of those helpless and most wretched men (their last hours passed in the thought that they were

In my opinion, the anguish and death of these ten to fifteen thousand American young men, with all the

Fifty-first New-York City Veterans Fifty-first New-York City Veterans.

This war-worn old city regiment, whose first three years have expired, is now just entering a new term

, The first two major battles of the Siege of Petersburg (Virginia, June 9, and June 15–18, 1864) were

in New-York and Brooklyn cities in the Summer of 1861, were known as the "Shephard Rifles," (from E

About half the Lieutenants named above were acting officers, not commissioned.

identified Whitman as the author of this piece in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

.; The first two major battles of the Siege of Petersburg (Virginia, June 9, and June 15–18, 1864) were

Hill.; Edward Ferrero, a dance instructor at West Point before the war, was a famous Italian-American

After the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City.;

It was fought between Union General Grant and Confederate General Lee; the results of the battle were

one-fourth of those helpless and most wretched men (their last hours passed in the thought that they were

In my opinion, the anguish and death of these ten to fifteen thousand American young men, with all the