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

Fessenden, 2 December 1865

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

Tabor, 2 December 1865

live to meet again on this earth if not I hope we shall meet in the world w[h]ere there is no more parting

Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84], 2:

Part of it is very fine. I wonder if young William Allingham wrote it.

Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84], 2:

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,

I delight to make a poem where I feel clear that not a word but is indispensable part thereof & of my

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

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

O'Connor, 3 February 1874" (Correspondence, 2:271–272).

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

Washington May 2 1865. Mr. Eckler: Dear Sir: I enclose $20 in further liquidation.

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to Peter Eckler, 2 May 1865

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Sequel was printed by Gibson Brothers of Washington, who issued a receipt to Whitman on October 2

them—sometimes the rooms are filled with a curious gathering—I talk with them frequently, listen to their stories

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

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

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

In this office, I am in the part where the Pardons are attended to.

I was not able to get over and make you a parting visit, as I wished.

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

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

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

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

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:

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

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

The verso contains part of a cancelled letter between Charles Francis Adams, Minister to England during

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.

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

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

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

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 draft was evidently part of a larger notebook titled Penitenzia, but no other pages from such a notebook

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

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).

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).

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,

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).

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seward, 2 August 1865

August 2, 1865. Hon. J. E.

Wycke, 2 August 1865

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

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: