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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

Military Prison Alexandria Va.  

Mother I arrived here and joined the Regiment about ten days ago and was placed in command of this Prison

I am very well, indeed but have plenty to do as I have about 300 Prisoners (mostly thieves, Bounty jumpers

I have 100 of the men of our Regt. and 5 Officers here with me guarding the Prisoners.

There is about 20 Rebel officers here (Paroled Prisoners) but they are used very different from what

George Whitman reported for military duty about April 24 and was assigned command of a military prison

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 Salisbury Salisbury prison was one of the earliest Confederate prisons for Union prisoners of war

Early in the war, prisoners were treated well.

But by October 1864, the population grew from 5,000 to 10,000, and death rates soared as prisoners began

According to Encyclopedia Virginia , "hundreds and even thousands of prisoners at a time were held in

The food rations were not terrible by most standards, and the prisoners were allowed to use the unused

Salisbury prison was one of the earliest Confederate prisons for Union prisoners of war, located in Salisbury

Early in the war, prisoners were treated well.

But by October 1864, the population grew from 5,000 to 10,000, and death rates soared as prisoners began

According to Encyclopedia Virginia, "hundreds and even thousands of prisoners at a time were held in

The food rations were not terrible by most standards, and the prisoners were allowed to use the unused

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

This manuscript contains much of the same information about George and his status as a prisoner of war

Prisoner of war at Danville Va in tip top health and spirits. Mother Address.

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

My heart is torn and my sympathies roused as never by anything before at the way our prisoners are treated

Your letter to William about your books interested us deeply, be sure to bring your perfect copy of "

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

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

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

The appearance of Walt Whitman's new book of poems, conjointly with Ward's "Indian Hunter," is not without

All the hapless silent lovers, All the prisoners in the prisons, all the righteous and the wicked, All

with Captain Walton for the sending of a box to our dear and brave boys at the Danville Military Prison

In company with Capt Holbrook I invited a gentleman, who has a relative—a prisoner of war at Camp Chase

His brother, John Gibson Wright, was taken prisoner with Walt Whitman's brother, George Washington Whitman

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,

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."

Military Prison, in Danville, Va.

officers "had been ordered to be made a subject of special exchange" (Catalogue of a Collection of Books

We got word yesterday by means of an exchanged prisoner, from my brother George, but only up to November

Caldwell and all the rest of our officers are in Danville Military Prison Va, he mentions Maj Wright

family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book

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

Otherwise I would try to visit the Prison Camp and also the burying ground.

According to Whitman's "Hospital Book 12" (Charles E.

George Whitman was paroled in a general prisoner exchange on February 22, 1865.

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.

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

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

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.

Walt did not yet know that George was among the exchanged prisoners.

He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the

See "Exchange of Prisoners [. . .]

He was held prisoner with George Washington Whitman, and after Howard's release he forwarded a letter

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

on the reverse side, tex.00461, is perhaps related to the essay The Real War will never get in the Books

published prose, this fragment shares a strong thematic connection with The Real War will never get in the Books

The folder also contains two pages from Clifton Joseph Furness's book Walt Whitman's Workshop concerning

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

uncertain, though in concept and imagery they echo a passage from The Real War will never get in the Books

Troy March 7th 65 Your last letter from Washington in the paper lying on my lap—Your book in the hands

It should say all that is in your book and something more. I want that something more. Celia M.

. * I T has been a melancholy task to read this book; and it is a still more melancholy one to write

Whitman is very fond of blowing his own trumpet, and he has made very explicit claims for his book.

your dear sake, O soldiers, And for you, O soul of man, and you, love of comrades; The words of my book

He tells us, in the lines quoted, that the words of his book are nothing.

We look in vain, however, through your book for a single idea.

and prose, but also digests of facts and events, copies of important documents, etc.), compiled into book-length

the great Jefferson davis) the printer Walt brought 2 plates sterotyped stereotyped i suppos e and 5 books

supposed Jeffy wanted to pres ent Dr Ruggles and some other of his friends one they are nice little books

He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the

trial, all eight were found guilty on June 30, 1865; four were hanged on July 7, 1865, one died in prison

Oct 20 th 1865 Received from Walt Whitman the sum of Fifty dollars on a/c account of binding 300 books

It is hard to criticise the book of a friend.

This book, like Leaves of Grass, consists in disjointed exclamations with no attempt at either rhyme

Poet or not, however, there was that in Walt Whitman's first book which compels attention to his second

Whitman for his first book is past.

There were reasons in the preponderant beastliness of that book why a decent public should reject it;

The pieces of the new book are nearly all very brief, but generally his expression is freer and fuller

strange, shadowy sort of pleasure, but they do not satisfy, and you rise from the perusal of this man's book

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

title is well enough chosen, for it is odd, and it bears no clear relation to the contents of his book

, and in this oddness and apparent incoherency it resembles much in the 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

room I saw a paragraph about your dismissal from the Interior Department, and as I once read your book

I read your book when it first came out and though I must admit a good deal of it was blind to me, I