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Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84] 2:
Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84] 2:
Grier's Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 2:541
Bush, Whitman identifies Bush as belonging to "Co A 1st Indiana Cav" (NUPM 2:541).
Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84], 2:
whom Whitman wrote ten years later; see Walt Whitman to Bethuel Smith, December 1874 (Correspondence, 2:
1874 (Edwin Haviland Miller, ed., The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:
[New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:318–319).
Grier, Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts, [New York, New York University Press: 1984], 2:729
good, tender girl—true as steel" (Edwin Haviland Miller, [New York: New York University Press, 1961], 2:
Grier, Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts, [New York, New York University Press: 1984], 2:666
1874 (Edwin Haviland Miller, ed., The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:
hope you will come back to Washington in the autumn to stay all winter, and I hope we shall spend a part
The review of Leaves of Grass that appeared in the New–York Saturday Press on June 2, 1860, was signed
George Washington Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2 October 1864
Almost the entire Fifty-First New York Regiment was lost: killed (2), wounded (10), and captured or missing
See George's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from July 2, 1864.
See George Whitman's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from October 2, 1864.
See George's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from October 2, 1864.
See George's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from October 2, 1864.
We are now encamped about 2½ miles from the Villiage and we have everything as nice and comfortable as
See George Washington Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, April 2, 1863.
We are about 2½ miles from the town and about ½ a mile above Camp Parole.
in Tenn (two weeks steady car riding aint much fun I tell you) but then we saw considerable of that part
See George Whitman's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from July 2, 1864.
Whitman George Washington Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2 July 1864
doing duty as an Engineer Regt) we like the change first rate as we are not expected to take much part
City Veterans," Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman [Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1921], 2:
First Division, and advancing on to Petersburg, the Fourth Division to be followed and suported by parts
Oct 2. makes me think perhaps brother George has written or can write Write to me will you Walt I always
of the letter is confirmed by George's letter to his mother, Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, of October 2,
through the medium of the pen I am thankfull I have the privelige of doing so that I may tell you in part
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
Washington, D.C., July 2, 1864. Dear Walt: Your note of June 25th did not reach me till the 28th.
O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 2 July 1864
I went to the Soldiers Home and got my supper and took a good sleep I left Pittsburg a little after 2
On May 2, at the Battle of Chancellorsville, 153 men from the 55th Ohio were killed, wounded, or missing
Stillwell to Walt Whitman, 2 September 1864
See also Stilwell's letters to Whitman from July 5, 1864, and September 2, 1864.
See also Stilwell's letter to Whitman from September 2, 1864.
Truly yours, John Burroughs Care Allen Clapp & Co John Burroughs to Walt Whitman, 2 August 1864
Heitman, Historical Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, 2 vols.
Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84], 2:
walk much on it as my stump is so short but if I cant I can go on my crutches for they appear to be a part
On Monday night the part of the 6th Army Corps came up and went out & part of the 19th Army corps came
this from one who would like to see you Indeed A Comrad Ruben Farwell Reuben Farwell to Walt Whitman, 2
Dear Friend I once promised to write you & as often as convient So far I have fullfulled my part.
Farwell's other correspondence with Whitman see April 30, 1864, May 5, 1864, June 16, 1864, October 2,
Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84], 2:
Farwell's other correspondence with Whitman see April 30, 1864, May 5, 1864, June 8, 1864, October 2,
Farwell's other correspondence with Whitman see April 30, 1864, June 8, 1864, June 16, 1864, October 2,
For Farwell's other correspondence with Whitman see May 5, 1864, June 8, 1864, June 16, 1864, October 2,
we have seen some service where Rebel shot & shell flew some at the Battle of Bisland we bore our part
other correspondence with Whitman see April 30, 1864, May 5, 1864, June 8, 1864, June 16, 1864, October 2,
We Will have enof to do I think that this summer is agoing to settil this War I am Willing to do my part
Neat to Walt Whitman, 2 February 1864
over Browers (cor of Cumberland st. and Myrtle) they ask $350 for one floor and 275 for the third story
—There is a story around that Travis bought the house we live in for $3000, but I can hardly think of
Ruggles, see the letter from Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman of April 2, 1863.
In his letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman of March 2, 1864, Walt Whitman indicated that he wanted to
good looking) coming along your way—that would be mother and George, or mother and I (if I then the part
Tripp, suffered heavy losses on July 2, 1863, in defense of the Emmitsburg Road at the Battle of Gettysburg
Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1961–84), 2:
But there is another and full as important side to the story.
as the Battle of Poplar Spring Church or the Battle of Peebles' Farm (Virginia, September 30–October 2,
The Fifty-first New-York Volunteers are a part of the Second Division of the Ninth Corps, were recruiting
the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City. as a part
Their charge was vehement, and caused that part of our force on the right of the Fifty-first to give
See George Whitman's October 2, 1864 letter to his mother for his brief account of capture.
in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:
as the Battle of Poplar Spring Church or the Battle of Peebles' Farm (Virginia, September 30–October 2,
alternately the Battle of Poplar Spring Church or the Battle of Peebles' Farm (Virginia, September 30–October 2,
Church and was the site of the Battle of Peebles' Farm (see above note).; See George Whitman's October 2,
But there is another and full as important side to the story.
Spent a good part of the day in a large brick mansion, on the banks of the Rappahannock, immediately
These wards are either lettered alphabetically, Ward G, Ward K, or else numerically, 1, 2, 3, &c.
Not long since I sat a good part of the morning by his bedside, Ward E, Armory-square.
LATTER PART OF 1864 IN NEW-YORK.
But there is every kind of wound in every part of the body.
A year ago I spent December & part of January (after 1st Fredericksburgh) among the wounded in front
Washington Feb 2 1864 Dearest Mother, I am writing this by the side of the young man you asked about,
love—he says he knows he would like you if he should see you— Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2