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Brooks, Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Carberry, Hoyne, Groenemyer, Loughsen, Whitbeck, and Murden he did not say in his letter where the men were

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

Volunteers in April, 1861, enlisted with the 51st Regiment, New York State Volunteers in September, 1861 were

The members were nervous, from long drawn duty, exhausted, some asleep, and many half asleep.

For a moment, (and no wonder) the nervous and sleeping Representatives were thrown into confusion.

But it was over almost as soon as the drowsied men were actually awake.

of armed cavalrymen eight deep, with drawn sabres, and carbines clanking at their sides, and there were

excellent sun, with atmosphere of sweetness; so clear it showed the stars, long, long before they were

Building) and the "pasteboard Monitor" (a cardboard model of the Union ironclad ship, the USS Monitor) were

Douglass, who had initially been barred by guards from entering the White House because he was African-American

sharp-cut self assertion, One's-Self & also, or may be still more, to map out, to throw together for American

those days' efforts & aspirations—true, I see now, with some things in it I should not put in if I were

Probably these were the Misses Sallie and Carrie Howard listed in the 1866 Directory, or the Miss Garaphelia

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.

My brother would be in what I would almost call fair condition, if it were not that his legs are affected—it

lieutenant in George's regiment, wrote to Whitman on January 21, 1865, and informed him that the prisoners were

We are having very hot weather here, & it is dry & dusty—The City is alive with soldiers from both the

flighty at night—often fancied himself with his regiment—by his talk sometimes seem'd as if his feelings were

perhaps a long while in passing, nothing but batteries—(it seemed as if all the cannon in the world were

chance of the box you sent getting to George—I wrote to Jeff how I was so much surer that a box from City

Whitman apparently wrote again on February 13, and Mason replied from City Point on February 16 that

Seward are willing to avoid at present the tempest of rage which would beat about their heads, if it were

known among the Radicals that Peace, Amnesty, every thing , were given up to the Rebels on the single

If perfectly eligible, it might help me in the cause of the men, if you were to prepare a paragraph for

Shillaber's paper, if he were willing to publish it, stating that I am now as a volunteer nurse among

. & Lieut Samuel Pooley,25 51st New York Vol. both of whom are now, or were lately, in C. S.

Harlan apparently took offense at the copy of the 1860 Leaves of Grass which Whitman was revising and

For a time Whitman lived with William D. and Ellen O'Connor, who, with Eldridge and later Burroughs, were

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

For a time Whitman lived with William D. and Ellen O'Connor, who, with Eldridge and later Burroughs, were

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

Whitman enclosed a review of his work from the London Leader of June 30, 1860, for William D.

Were the other officers 51st there at Danville, time you left?

1868, he wrote to Sutherland: "I retain just the same friendship I formed for you the short time we were

1868, he wrote to Sutherland: "I retain just the same friendship I formed for you the short time we were

Excerpts from five of Whitman's letters to an unidentified ex-soldier were printed by Florence Hardiman

, ca. late 1860s If this photograph is a Kurtz, it must be dated 1865 or later, after Kurtz opened his

, ca. late 1860s Kurtz's "Rembrandt" style of light and shadow is suggested here.

The time between the opening of Kurtz’s first studio in New York City in 1865 and the publication of

Robinson, “Laurence Hutton and a Newly Recovered Photograph of Walt Whitman," WWQR, p. 160; Smithsonian American

preconceived notion of what it should be” (With Walt Whitman in Camden, Thursday, May 10, 1888).Most Americans

Negatives for the other two images were purchased from Brady for the National Archives in 1873.For more

apparently based on a photograph of Whitman possibly taken by the photographer, William Kurtz, in the 1860s

It appears that originally the two leaves were pasted together as one piece, but have since come apart

The lines were not published during Whitman's lifetime, and although they focus on Lincoln's death, do

The lines were posthumously published in a Facsimile Edition of Drum-Taps in 1959.

up the supply of good things—Do you have about the same experience in the Hospitals as you used to—were

the men glad to see you back—were any remaining that you used to visit  if so I know they were glad

hope not—tis so long since we have had any very large battles that I should suppose the Hospita[l]s were

not full What is it about the Exchange of prisoners—do you know it looks to me as if they were trying

to delay the exchange and yet talk about it as if they were going to do it and wished to do it all the

The hospitals were fairly full because, as Whitman noted, some soldiers remained with "bad old lingering

wounds" while others were moved to Washington as field hospitals were dismantled.

Y., May 4th 1865 Dear Walt, We received your letter and [were] glad to get it too—We had all begun to

Did Lane explain to you that they were the children of the people that sent you money last winter a year

Moses Lane commented that these contributors were the only ones "thus far that will have to deny themselves

course he looks so to Grant—whatever may be the fact this editor of the administration paper of the City

caught it somehow connected with his business  I understand that there is a great deal of it in the city

10 or 12 years—I've no doubt the mention of his name will call to you many pleasant thoughts—those were

Richardson not only argued that the Confederates were "deliberately killing" Union men, but he also attacked

Newspapers of the day were filled with rumors of an impending meeting between Union and Confederate leaders

8 or ten years —he certainly has the prospect of it—there is an immense amount of building in the city

Louis—I think it more than likely that he will build the water works of that city—if so it will be as

See Jeff's letter to Walt from April 16, 1860.

Y., Jan 26th 1865 Dear Brother Walt, Mother received your letter to-night—we were all very glad to hear

that you arrived so nicely and were so well established—The enclosed two letters came to-day —I sent

peaches—crackers—potatoes—salt—and the clothes that he sent for—I think I will send him another next week or week after—We were

He accused the Confederates of deliberate and systematic atrocities and estimated that prisoners "were

Grant added that supplies were being distributed to prisoners by Union agents.

Harlan apparently took offense at the copy of the 1860 Leaves of Grass which Whitman was revising and

In September 1865 George hoped to construct an office building in New York City but lost the contract

These words were evidently used as Whitman composed When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, first published

This city, its suburbs, the Capitol, the front of the White House, the places of amusement, the avenue

make, I should say, the marked feature in the human movement and costume appearance of our national city

His answers were short, but clear.

His parents were living, but were very old. There were four sons, and all had enlisted.

There were several other boys no older.

(American Civil War Research Database [Duxbury, Massachusetts: Alexander Street Press]).

Lee; the results of the battle were inconclusive.; According to Martin G. Murray, D.

Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates the top scrap to the 1860s and the bottom scrap to the 1850s

Based on the handwriting, Edward Grier dates the top scrap to the 1860s and the bottom scrap to the 1850s

Next a hot and dusty little campaign, which resulted in capturing the City of Jackson, Miss.

It was fought with General Lee; the results of the battle were inconclusive.

Several of their officers and men killed were well-known Brooklynites.

The severed men fought bravely, but were pressed further away.

It was getting dark in the evening, and eventually they were taken prisoners.

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

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

It was fought with General Lee; the results of the battle were inconclusive.; The Battle of Spotsylvania

between Union Generals Grant and Meade and Confederate General Lee; the results of this battle also were

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

Ray, a boss builder of this city.

Also known as the First Battle of Rappahannock Station, there were a couple of hundred casualties, and

It was fought between Grant and Lee; the results were inconclusive. fighting, and loss severe.

Grant and Meade fought Lee; the results were inconclusive. loss slight. May 26.

Grant and Meade fought Lee; the results were inconclusive. loss slight. June 2.

Also known as the First Battle of Rappahannock Station, there were a couple of hundred casualties, and

It was fought between Grant and Lee; the results were inconclusive.; In the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse

Grant's Overland Campaign, Grant joined with Major General George Meade to fight Lee; the results were

Grant and Meade fought Lee; the results were inconclusive.; Whitman apparently refers here to the Battle

Grant and Meade fought Lee; the results were inconclusive.; The Battle of Bethesda Church was another

1879 or early 1880, just after Whitman's trip to the western U.S. in 1879 (The Correspondence [Iowa City

University of Iowa Press, 2004], 57), it seems more likely that the draft letter is probably from 1860

supplied—the great West especially—with copious thousands of copies" (New York Saturday Press [7 January 1860

1879 or early 1880, just after Whitman's trip to the western U.S. in 1879 (The Correspondence [Iowa City

University of Iowa Press, 2004], 57), it seems more likely that the draft letter is probably from 1860

supplied—the great West especially—with copious thousands of copies" (New York Saturday Press [7 January 1860

Leaving hard work out of the Books, and I have thought that were bigger fools than me making a living

What about Such houses as we were talking about and if it Should be made agreeable for me to take up

I am completely in the dark as to 'what such houses as we were talking about,' are—upon the whole not

transferred to a USA Post Hospital before eventually becoming a "charity patient" at Providence Hospital, a city

transferred to a USA Post Hospital before eventually becoming a "charity patient" at Providence Hospital, a city

If this were the case, we had been a nation of poets.

But in those cases in which these expressions were written out and printed with all due regard to prosody

Of course the city of Manhattan, as Mr.

This were indeed a wise precaution on his part if the intelligence were only submissive!

In another you call upon the city of New York to incarnate you, as you have incarnated it.

of facts and events, copies of important documents, etc.), compiled into book-length volumes which were

Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780-1857) was a popular and influential French poet and songwriter whose lyrics were

I was in Washington the 2nd and I went to No 34 4 ½ Street and pawned my Watch a good American Lever,

Their elder daughter Manahatta (1860–1886), nicknamed "Hattie," also attended George's military review

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

For Lane's career, see "Moses Lane," Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers (February

Jessie and her sister Manahatta "Hattie" were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

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

Manahatta Whitman (1860–1886), known as "Hattie," was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson "Jeff" Whitman

Hattie and her younger sister Jessie Louisa (1863–1957) were both favorites of their uncle Walt.

shirt part of the time they stole his things it seems awful to think of but he is got home when they were

amongst the arrived Georg says there was 20 yesterday died at anapolus Annapolis some died eating they were

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

Jessie and her sister Manahatta "Hattie" were both favorites of their uncle Walt.