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1Diaries, 1863–1864, hospital notebooks, (2 vols.)loc.04695xxx.00472xxx.00977Hospital book 121864prose40

Del bed 33 Ward B May 8th '64 / g s w in Chest—w in left arm father living in Bridgeville Del" (NUPM 2:

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

it—I think the soldiers from the New England States & the Western states are splendid, & the country parts

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

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

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

Collection; Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1906–1996], 2:

Grier's Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 2:541

say I am astonished how good the houses are almost every where—I have not seen one regiment nor any part

I dont know whether I mentioned in my last letter that I took dinner with Col Fowler one day early 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

whom Whitman wrote ten years later; see Walt Whitman to Bethuel Smith, December 1874 (Correspondence, 2:

A year ago I spent December & part of January (after 1st Fredericksburgh) among the wounded in front

Washington | March 2 1864 Dear mother You or Jeff must try to write as soon as you receive this & let

can—Well good bye, dear mother, for present—write soon— Walt Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2

Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84] 2:

Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84] 2:

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Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84], 2:

Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1961–84), 2:

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.

the sick—& yet I know you wish to hear about them—every one is so unfeeling, it has got to be an old story—there

In his letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman of March 2, 1864, Walt Whitman indicated that he wanted to

we have seen some service where Rebel shot & shell flew some at the Battle of Bisland we bore our part

well & hearty enough, & was never better, but my feelings are kept in a painful condition a great part

Doran Company, 1926) 2:30–34. Note also Whitman's interest in Mrs.

Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–1984], 2:

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

Mother, & all the rest too—there is nothing new or different with me—I can only write you the same old story

The "Statue of Freedom" was formally unveiled on December 2, 1863.

See Glenn Brown, History of the United States Capitol (Washington, Government Print Off: 1900–1903), 2:

Knapp, who wrote to Whitman on April 2, 1876 (Henry W. and Albert A.

(For information on Russell, see footnote 2 to Whitman's letter to him from December 3, 1863.)

I have lately been down front, on a short tour through the Army, part of the time being in camp among

the men, (I know a great many soldiers in the ranks) & part visiting the division hospitals.

Meantime we are liable at any moment to have an incipient caving in of the South, parts of it like North

—dear sister Mat, I quite want to see you & California, not forgetting my little Hattie too— Walt 2 o'clock

For Farwell's other correspondence with Whitman see May 5, 1864, June 8, 1864, June 16, 1864, October 2,

Farwell's other correspondence with Whitman see April 30, 1864, June 8, 1864, June 16, 1864, October 2,

altogether like getting well—the hospitals are very full—I am very well indeed—pretty warm here to–day— 2

else that Lee has hurried back, or is hurrying back to Richmond— Whether there is any thing in this story

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

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

Washington Monday 2 o'clock—May 9th Dearest Mother There is nothing from the army more than you know,

from 600 to 1000 wounded coming up here—(not 6 to 8000 as the papers have it) —I cannot hear what part

through the medium of the pen I am thankfull I have the privelige of doing so that I may tell you in part

Washington May 10 '64 (½ past 2 | p m) Dearest Mother, There is nothing perhaps more than you see in

other correspondence with Whitman see April 30, 1864, May 5, 1864, June 8, 1864, June 16, 1864, October 2,

Washington May 13 1864 | 2 o'clock p m Dearest Mother I wrote you a hurried letter late yesterday afternoon

K lost one acting Lt Sturgis killed, 2 men killed, 4 wounded—as I wrote yesterday I have seen here Corp

good looking) coming along your way—that would be mother and George, or mother and I (if I then the part

Carver hospital & again saw the man of the 51st, Thos McCowell, who told me of George, up to latter part

I questioned him, & his story was very clear, so I felt perfectly satisfied—he is wounded in hand, will

, I have not seen or heard of one who met death with any terror—Yesterday afternoon I spent a good part

importance very late—We have been fearfully disappointed with Sigel not making his junction from the lower part

harrassing Lee's left, or left rear, which (the junction or equivalent to it) was an indispensable part

of the confinement—I still go around daily & nightly among wounded—Mother, it is just the same old story

move out & give the owner possession—I like my new quarters pretty well—I have a room to myself, 3d story

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

was believed by many—but as near as I can make it out, it proves to be one of those unaccountable stories

these times—Saturday night we heard that Grant was routed completely &c &c—so that's the way the stories

forenoon & also evening—he was more composed than usual, could not articulate very well—he died about 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,