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Smith 51st Regt N.Y.V.V. 1st Brig 2.d Division 9th A.C. P.S.

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I have entirely recovered from my wounds long since and have been at work part of the time and attending

Library; Edwin Haviland Miller, ed., The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:

1874 (Edwin Haviland Miller, ed., The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:

16, 1862 (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1906–96], 2:

[Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page, 1921], 2:29).

I drew 2 months pay to day and bought a new suit of clothes and now I feel something like a white man

On our arrival at Richmond I found 2 boxes filled with Clothing and grub for me and the way we went into

one it is a good one your boy is smart to learn he has never been to school as the school is about 2

Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84], 2:

(See Edwin Haviland Miller, ed., The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:

these pieces relate to the war; and they celebrate many of the experiences of the author in the noble part

August 2, 1865. Hon. J. E.

Wycke, 2 August 1865

Attorney Gen'l's Office, August 2, 1865. Hon. W. H.

Seward, 2 August 1865

He pursues these objects through a hundred pages of matter which remind us irresistibly of the story

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

The Proclamation of the President is a part of the law of the land, and open to the construction of all

I think our Regiment will be in Washington the later part of this week or the first of next week and

1874 (Edwin Haviland Miller, ed., The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:

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

Let that be just as you wish however, and believe me, Very truly yours Kate Richardson Walt Whitman Esq

Kate Richardson to Walt Whitman, 18 June 1865

Most likely the wife of John Townsend Trowbridge, novelist, poet, author of juvenile stories, and antislavery

Rose Robinson, “Laurence Hutton and a Newly Recovered Photograph of Walt Whitman,” WWQR, vol. 36, nos. 2/

your letter yesterday after looking all day for one i was glad to have the letter and glad to have the 2

well Walt i felt so bad and child like i cried because he dident didn't give me more if i had got the 2

dollars a little sooner i should not have asked i have got along very well up to about 2 weeks ago and

Also, the letter mentions a recent theft of a watch nearby, which echoes a story that appeared in the

at Work, Excitement in the Navy Yard" and "The Navy Yard," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 5, 1865, 2)

again i received your letter yesterday and the one on monday Monday or tuesday Tuesday the first with 2

at Work, Excitement in the Navy Yard" and "The Navy Yard" (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December 5, 1865, 2)

'Drum-Taps,'" Brooklyn Daily Union, November 23, 1865, 2).

Daily Eagle, November 23, 1865, 3; "The City Park Murder," Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 24, 1865, 2)

'Drum-Taps,'" Brooklyn Daily Union, November 23, 1865, 2).

hospital he had no drawers and only A thin pair of flann el flannel trowsers trousers and no shirt part

Whitman's March 7, 1865 letter to Walt, Richard Maurice Bucke dated this letter February 26 or March 2,

51st New York, "lost during service 9 Officers and 193 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2

basement for the occation occasion well Walt how are you getting along in the money matters for my part

compared with the American patriot as they call the great Jefferson davis) the printer Walt brought 2

—Cases of Brooklyn Men" (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 19, 1863, 2).

edd will stay here martha Martha has very much to doo do she has been foolish enoughf enough to take 2

he and A man by the name of smith Smith has been talking of buying some lots and building A shop and 2

conscientious, old-fashioned man, a man of family . . . . youngish middle age" (see Walt's September 2,

Budell, "Writen by Walt Whitman, a Friend," Prologue Magazine 42, no. 2 [Summer 2016]: 36–45).

Budell, "Writen by Walt Whitman, a Friend," Prologue Magazine 42, no. 2 [Summer 2016]: 36–45).; Jabo

According to Whitman's notations on the statement, he paid $20.00 on April 26 and again on May 2.

According to Whitman's notations on the statement, he paid $20.00 on April 26 and again on May 2.

According to Whitman's notations on the statement, he paid $20.00 on April 26 and again on May 2.

Whitman sir On page 31 verse 2 line 3 of Drum Taps the word "recalls" is spelled "recals."

plates 3 Reams paper 63.00 7 " 8.25   $192.85 Cr[edit] by cash 138.00 54.85 Sent $20 April 26 $20 May 2

leaving (May 2 '65.) $14.85 due Peter Eckler to Walt Whitman, 22 April 1865

According to Whitman's notations on the statement, he paid $20.00 on April 26 and again on May 2.

Such harrowing stories must have moved the Whitmans to despair of recovering George.At the same time,

house—he did not say how much more  I told Mat and Mother that we would tell him to set the price on the part

that she need not do another thing in the way of work, except for her amusement besides I would pay part

—Cases of Brooklyn Men" (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 19, 1863: 2).

One of the children, Kate Lane, is the daughter of Moses E. Lane.

Moses Lane sent Whitman $15.20, including five cents from Willie Durkee and fifteen cents from Miss Kate

The Centenarian's Story.............................. Pioneers!

mother kisses her son—the son kisses his mother; (Loth is the mother to part—yet not a word does she

THE CENTENARIAN'S STORY.

in myself—aye, long ago as it is, I took part in it, Walking then this hill-top, this same ground.

It is well—a lesson like that, always comes good; I must copy the story, and send it eastward and west

Attorney General's office, December 2, 1865. Hon. S. W.J. Tabor, Fourth Auditor.

Tabor, 2 December 1865

Attorney General's Office, December 2, 1865. Samuel C. Fessenden, Esq.

Fessenden, 2 December 1865

.— Parts of this section may be related to the poem that would later be titled "Great Are the Myths":

had occupied, & where the preceding night, they had gathered their dead— the an dea d lay in certain parts

He has been in genuine fighting service in all parts of the war, including the Carolina coast, the battles

above named, most parts of Northern and Eastern Virginia and Western Maryland, also Vicksburgh, Jackson

He took part in the hottest service there, and so on through Spottsylvania, In the Battle of Spotsylvania

at the battle of Poplar Grove Church, In the Battle of Poplar Grove (Virginia, September 30–October 2,

For some of Whitman's prison correspondence, see his letters of October 2, 1864 and October 23, 1864

.; In the Battle of Poplar Grove (Virginia, September 30–October 2, 1864), alternately known as the Battle

For some of Whitman's prison correspondence, see his letters of October 2, 1864 and October 23, 1864,

a private in Thirteenth Regiment; served the following hundred days in Baltimore, Washington, and parts

—Spottsylvania; In the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse (Virginia, May 8–21, 1864), part of Grant's

—North Anna; The Battle of North Anna (Virginia, May 23–26, 1864) was part of General Grant's Overland

June 2.

For some of George Whitman's prison correspondence, see his letters of October 2, 1864 and October 23

ended on May 30, 1864 (see above note), although a minor skirmish erupted at Bethesda Creek on June 2.

as the Battle of Poplar Spring Church or the Battle of Peebles' Farm (Virginia, September 30–October 2,

For some of George Whitman's prison correspondence, see his letters of October 2, 1864 and October 23

He took an early part in the struggle, being roused by the assault of the Baltimore mob on the United

him the next day to Sergeant-Major, in which capacity he left with the regiment in October, 1861, as part

The latter part of the summer of 1862, with the fall and early winter, gave Lieutenant Whitman and his

On the 30th of September last a reconnoissance reconnaissance in strong force—comprising part of the

Ninth and part of the Fifth Corps—advancing to the west, attacked some rebel works near Poplar Grove

alternately the Battle of Poplar Spring Church or the Battle of Peebles' Farm (Virginia, September 30–October 2,

For some of his prison correspondence, see his October 2, 1864, and October 23, 1864, letters to his

Philip Sheridan defeated Confederate General Jubal Early at the Battle of Waynesboro (Virginia, March 2,

For instance, the different parts of the procession were characterized by a charming looseness and independence

the President came out on the capitol portico, a curious little white cloud, the only one in that part

Philip Sheridan defeated Confederate General Jubal Early at the Battle of Waynesboro (Virginia, March 2,

alternately the Battle of Poplar Spring Church or the Battle of Peebles' Farm (Virginia, September 30–October 2,

Then we are told that the Fifty-first esteems, as part of its regimental history, the making of such

alternately the Battle of Poplar Spring Church or the Battle of Peebles' Farm (Virginia, September 30–October 2,

Toward the latter part of the afternoon you see the furloughed men, sometimes singly, sometimes in small

I found he wanted to go part of the road in my direction, so we walked on together.

His father was dead and his mother living in some part of East Tennessee; all the men were from that

part of the country.

Newspaper Abstracts: July 1, 1863–December 31, 1865 (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000), 2:

Newspaper Abstracts: July 1, 1863–December 31, 1865 (Westminster, Maryland: Heritage Books, 2000), 2:

should be truly glad to see you—perhaps best to call at Att'y Gen's office, Treasury Building—say from 1/2

For my part I see no light or knowledge in any direction on the matter of the conference, or what it

1874 (Edwin Haviland Miller, ed., The Correspondence [New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:

275–277) and June 10, 1867 (Correspondence, 2:303–304), and also note 7 in Whitman's letter from January

According to Whitman's notations on the statement, he paid $20.00 on April 26 and again on May 2.

S. since April, 1861, nearly four years, has borne his part bravely in battles in nearly every part of

place & New York, I go around quite a good deal—it is a great excitement to go around the busiest parts

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