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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

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

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

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:

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

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

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,

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,

See also note 2 to Whitman's letter from January 20, 1865 .

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

Kerr, 1902), and Meyer Berger, The Story of The New York Times, 1851–1951 (New York: Simon and Schuster

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

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

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.

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

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

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

directed me to leave & go north for change of air as soon as I had strength—But I am making too long a story

John Burroughs was also a participant in this skirmish; see Burroughs's letter to Whitman from August 2,

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

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:

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

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

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

this from one who would like to see you Indeed A Comrad Ruben Farwell Reuben Farwell to Walt Whitman, 2

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:

Truly yours, John Burroughs Care Allen Clapp & Co John Burroughs to Walt Whitman, 2 August 1864

to me, I still believe in Grant, & that we shall get Richmond—we have heard from my brother to July 2

On July 2, 1864, George wrote from "near Petersburg instead of from Richmond."

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:

Stillwell to Walt Whitman, 2 September 1864

See George Whitman's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from July 2, 1864.

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

Dear Walt, I was at the Boat at 2 Wednesday afternoon and we sailed at 5.

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

to start upon]between 1864 and 1874prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript fragment was originally part

Before the sheet was cut into three pieces, this fragment formed the lower part.

frequently changed]between 1864 and 1874prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript fragment was originally part

Before the sheet was cut into three pieces, this fragment formed the middle part.

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.

But there is another and full as important side to the story.

to start upon]between 1864 and 1874prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript fragment was originally part

Before the sheet was cut into three pieces, this fragment formed the upper part.

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

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,

But there is another and full as important side to the story.

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

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

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

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

, 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

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

Whitman George Washington Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2 July 1864

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

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

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