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Haveing this morning received a letter from Lieut William Caldwell of our regiment who was taken prisoner
Direct to your Brother Capt Geo Whitman 51st NY N Prisoner of War Danville, V[irgini]a C[onfederate]
family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book
The first thing she read in the book was Enfans d'Adam , which she cordially liked and wondered how anyone
It is not the thing that should be said of your book—not the thing that it is in even me to say,—as I
That a man should be expelled from Office and held up to public contumely, because of an honest book
a month, Carleton "had the distinction of turning down both Leaves of Grass and Mark Twain's first book
Prisoner of war at Danville Va in tip top health and spirits. Mother Address.
doors to me, proud libraries, For that which was lacking among you all, yet needed most, I bring; A book
your dear sake, O soldiers, And for you, O soul of man, and you, love of comrades; The words of my book
nothing, the life of it every- thing everything A book separate, not link'd with the rest, nor felt
book-words! what are you?
in the prisons, all the righteous and the wicked, All the joyous, all the sorrowing, all the living,
was among those cut off on the extreme left at nightfall and captured; George Whitman was taken prisoner
For some of Whitman's prison correspondence, see his letters of October 2, 1864 and October 23, 1864
have had no word or knowledge of him until yesterday they received by the hands of an exchanged prisoner
George Whitman was transferred from Libby Prison to Danville sometime before October 23, 1864.
George Whitman's early letters to his mother from prison had not been received before this slip dated
.; George Whitman was taken prisoner on September 30, 1864, at Poplar Grove.
For some of Whitman's prison correspondence, see his letters of October 2, 1864 and October 23, 1864,
"; George Whitman was transferred from Libby Prison to Danville sometime before October 23, 1864.; George
Whitman's early letters to his mother from prison had not been received before this slip dated November
of war in Libby Prison, after an extended career of soldiering.
George Whitman was held at Libby Prison in Petersburg, Virginia, from the time of his capture on September
Hill. severe; was here taken prisoner; whole regiment captured.
—Incarcerated in Libby, Salisbury, and Danville military prisons; taken sick in latter; placed in prison
—On duty at Alexandria as commander of military prison, &c. August, 1865.
.; George Whitman was held at Libby Prison in Petersburg, Virginia, from the time of his capture on September
For some of George Whitman's prison correspondence, see his letters of October 2, 1864 and October 23
The exchange of prisoners of war now going on at points on James River and elsewhere is sending home
prisons in the days following his capture before being transferred to the prison at Danville, Virginia
Also see George's October 23, 1864 , letter to his mother from Danville Prison.
It was getting dark in the evening, and eventually they were taken prisoners.
George Washington Whitman was taken prisoner on September 30, 1864, at Poplar Grove.
However, a notebook held in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University contains
prisons in the days following his capture before being transferred to the prison at Danville, Virginia
Also see George's October 23, 1864, letter to his mother from Danville Prison.; Edward Ferrero, a dance
Hill.; George Washington Whitman was taken prisoner on September 30, 1864, at Poplar Grove.
For some of his prison correspondence, see his October 2, 1864, and October 23, 1864, letters to his
At the time of writing, Whitman's brother, George Washington Whitman, was held as a prisoner at Danville
In an October 23, 1864 letter to his mother from Danville Prison, George describes himself as being "
and with the returned Union prisoners—deaths, memoranda, messages, &c.
In 1863, Potter was promoted to brigadier general, and he commanded troops at Vicksburg and Knoxville
They are distributed somewhere in the Southern prisons.
.; At the time of writing, Whitman's brother, George Washington Whitman, was held as a prisoner at Danville
In an October 23, 1864 letter to his mother from Danville Prison, George describes himself as being "
Potter enlisted in the 51st New York Infantry in October 1861 and was promoted to colonel in September
In 1863, Potter was promoted to brigadier general, and he commanded troops at Vicksburg and Knoxville
Two had died of starvation and misery in the prison at Andersonville, Georgia, and one had been killed
Intelligencer Newspaper Abstracts: July 1, 1863–December 31, 1865 (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books
Intelligencer Newspaper Abstracts: July 1, 1863–December 31, 1865 (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books
The contract called for "one hundred & twenty pages," but since the book contained only 72 pages, Eckler
On April 26, Eckler had informed Whitman that the book was "now to press" and would "be ready for the
Company, 1906–96], 3:202–203), that he assumed George was now in Annapolis, since all the Danville prisoners
He had left the Danville prison on February 19, stopped at Richmond for three days, and arrived in Annapolis
lieutenant in George's regiment, wrote to Whitman on January 21, 1865, and informed him that the prisoners
On January 21, 1865, from Petersburg, he asked Whitman to send supplies to the Danville Military Prison
they passed a resolution that it was the sense of the Senate that there ought to be an exchange of prisoners
Butler says the fault of not exchanging the prisoners is not his but Grants. Walt.
speech at Lowell, Massachusetts, on January 29, 1865, Butler blamed Grant for the collapse of the prisoner
. & I wrote him yesterday, & sent the book review.
Military Prison, in Danville, Va.
officers "had been ordered to be made a subject of special exchange" (Catalogue of a Collection of Books
January 4, 1865, relating his attempts to arrange for the exchange of George, who was in a Confederate prison
Major (later Colonel) John Gibson Wright was taken prisoner with George; see Whitman's letters of September
I send you, same mail with this, two copies of the little book Drum-Taps. Farewell.
Williamson, Catalogue of A Collector of Books, Letters, and Manuscripts Written by Walt Whitman (1903
few hours now and then—but don't want to be continually in it—I have made an addition to the little book
The book is therefore unprecedently sad, (as these days are, are they not?)
edition Gay Wilson Allen observes: "What makes it important is Whitman's great exertion to rework the book
George for some time, it did everything possible to send provisions to him and to arrange for a prisoner
Wright wrote to Whitman to explain that a gentleman who had a relative in an Ohio prison camp was anxious
According to Whitman's "Hospital Book 12" (Charles E.
We got word yesterday by means of an exchanged prisoner, from my brother George, but only up to November
I find myself perplexed about printing my book.
Whitman described George's illness in prison camp: "he was very sick at one time. i think it was in january
night and what was due him from the goverment" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
date, as well as on September 11, 21, and 27 (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
It is not the thing that should be said of your book—not the thing that it is in even me to say."
The contract called for "one hundred & twenty pages," but since the book contained only 72 pages, Eckler
On April 26, Eckler had informed Whitman that the book was "now to press" and would "be ready for the
Only it filled me with infinite regrets that there is not a book from you, embodying these rich and sad
or most of it—The reason I havn't seen him is, I knew they had left provost duty in the Prince st. prison
He was taken prisoner with George in 1864. See also Whitman's letter from September 11, 1864 .
, and, when he wrote to his mother on May 8 (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library), he was in charge of the Prince Street Military Prison
week after—We were all elated upon seeing the letters published yesterday about the exchange of prisoners
Seems as if twould be worth almost a life time to help along such a thing as the general exchange of prisoners
Brooklyn, his brother George was captured on September 30, 1864, at Poplar Grove, Virginia, sent to prisons
in Salisbury, North Carolina, and Richmond, and eventually placed in a Confederate military prison at
, including several articles by an escaped prisoner of war, Albert D.
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.
Did you see the Tribune of to-day—It had a long letter from Mr Richardson about the exchange of prisoners
Of course any information in relation to George—or about the exchange—or treatment of prisoners—or what
Richardson's "Our Prisoners in the South."
large battles that I should suppose the Hospita[l]s were not full What is it about the Exchange of prisoners—do
Allen Hitchcock (1798–1870), military advisor to Lincoln and U.S. commissioner for the exchange of prisoners
Butler (see Jeff Whitman's letter to Walt from January 31, 1865) over the question of exchanging prisoners
will write me often I feel very sad and downhearted to-night—I have just been reading about the prisoners
a trial—I could, I think—get Ruggles to ask him to do it—Poor mother reads about the treatment of prison
Richardson's testimony before this committee about the conditions in Southern prisons.
Butler explained that in March 1864 he had successfully conducted numerous prisoner exchanges but that
would write in the New York Tribune that it took twenty-five to forty days for packages to reach prisoners
In a brief note entitled "Arrivals at Libby Prison" the New York Tribune reported on this day that Brigadier
Lucas would leave military prison in Danville (where George Whitman was also held) to be "sent North
On February 22, 1865, George gained his freedom as part of a general prisoner exchange.
On his return to military duty he was assigned command of a military prison in Alexandria, Virginia,
Whitman to Walt Whitman, September 11, 1865 [Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
suffering "considerable distress" from headaches (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
[George] is very restless" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books, Manuscript,
mean—reckless characterless, common, and disgusting" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
no return: "I would rather go to Patagonia" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
superficiality, but under that she is she devil, to men" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
that package of papers you must write to him" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
Whitman Your book is now to proofs & will be ready for the Binder next Monday morning.
yesterday & the day before on account of the funeral, my waiting for your reply did not retard the book
The contract called for "one hundred & twenty pages," but since the book contained only 72 pages, Eckler
The contract called for "one hundred & twenty pages," but since the book contained only 72 pages, Eckler
On April 26, Eckler had informed Whitman that the book was "now to press" and would "be ready for the
The contract called for "one hundred & twenty pages," but since the book contained only 72 pages, Eckler
On April 26, Eckler had informed Whitman that the book was "now to press" and would "be ready for the
The contract called for "one hundred & twenty pages," but since the book contained only 72 pages, Eckler
On April 26, Eckler had informed Whitman that the book was "now to press" and would "be ready for the
Leaving hard work out of the Books, and I have thought that were bigger fools than me making a living
But you mustn't think I wholly like your book.
a good American Lever, for $22.07 which I was to pay within a month but I was robbed of my pocket Book
names in the article), George's name appears 14 names up from the bottom of the page ("Our Returned Prisoners
Louisa Van Velsor Whitman during the summer had told Walt Whitman that she had received "5 books," copies
Those five books are presumably the "first ones" that she mentions in this letter.
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
housebuilding business after the war, but in this letter Louisa regrets having exhausted the bank book
mornings i have been very lame more so than usuall usual ) i have got a union with an article about your book
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
See Ed Folsom, Whitman Making Books/Books Making Whitman: A Catalog and Commentary (University of Iowa
Sunday night dear Walt George has come home came this morning he looks quite thin and shows his prison
better than i have felt the rest is all well i thought you would like to hear something about his prison
After his release from the Confederate Military Prison at Danville, George arrived at Annapolis, Maryland
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book
His experience as a prisoner of war with George Washington Whitman is described in Louisa Van Velsor
family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
Wright, was taken prisoner with George Washington Whitman at Petersburg, Virginia.
During the war, he was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
It also served as a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp.
Washington Whitman arrived home to Brooklyn for a 30-day leave after his release from the Confederate prison
camp at Andersonville, Louisa Van Velsor Whitman wrote that he "looks quite thin and shows his prison
Mason became a career army officer, and he assisted in getting supplies to George when he was held prisoner