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the last two weeks of our stay at Milldale" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
Calvin Smith, The Illustrated Hand-book, a New Guide for Travelers Through the United States of America
According to the "Hospital Note Book" (Henry E.
soon get tired of fixing things" for Andrew (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
went last monday as far as suffron station" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
According to the "Hospital Note Book" (Henry E.
rate. she might keep things a little cleaner" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
(union)—was a long while a prisoner in secesh prisons in Georgia, & in Richmond—three times the devils
up . . . we were left here to do guard duty" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
to hear all sorts of stories, and had all sorts of hopes and fears; thought he might be living, a prisoner
, 1863 [Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
We have quite large Hospital and Convalesent Camps here, and we have to guard about 200 prisoners, (most
About 2000 of the prisoners that Burnside took at Cumberland Gap, passed here the other day, on their
Twenty-five hundred prisoners were taken.
wouldent know what to doo but i got the same old retort that it was me that was stingey with my bank book
i used it all i might go to the poor house" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
It is worth writing a book about, this point alone.
Again, from a boat that has just arrived, a load of our paroled men from the Southern prisons, viá Fortress
though originally young and strong men, never recuperate again from their experience in these Southern prisons
georgie is so cross, he aint a nice child at all" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
Do you want to print a little 30 or 50ct book about the scenes, war, camp, hospitals &c (especially the
In his "Hospital Book 12" (Charles E.
Boston, Oct 14, 1863 Walt Whitman Dear Friend— About the Book—yes, if I can.
you say anything you dont want all to read" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
According to the "Hospital Note Book" (Henry E.
He was wounded in the First Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862) and was taken prisoner during the
Dear friend, My idea is a book of the time, worthy the time—something considerably beyond mere hospital
sketches—a book for sale perhaps in a larger American market—the premises or skeleton memoranda of incidents
Old French Memoires, & my own personality (things seen through my eyes, & what my vision brings)—a book
I think an edition, elegantly bound, might be pushed off for books for presents &c for the holidays,
I think it a book that would please women. I should expect it to be popular with the trade.
Whitman probably chose Redpath as the publisher of his proposed book because earlier in the year he had
I could easily publish a small Book, but the one you propose...implies an expenditure that may be beyond
she is dirty i dont wonder he used to drink" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
According to the "Hospital Note Book" (Henry E.
There is a lion in the way—$ I could easily publish a small Book, but the one you propose—to stereotype
Whether I will or no depends somewhat on the printer's notions as to whether the book would sell.
Whitman wrote to James Redpath on October 21, 1863, with a detailed proposal for a book he proposed to
I was up to Ward A, this morning to see No. 40, he is better than he was when you went away, and Harry
take both their lives (all this is in singing & music, very fine)—so the lover is brought in as a prisoner
Morning Journal; see Whitman and Burroughs: Comrades, 10, and William Sloane Kennedy, The Fight of a Book
You must publish that book. William very often wishes for your return and wants to see you.
According to the "Hospital Note Book" (Henry E.
He published several books on engineering and served as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers
she brought such a smell that Jeffy got sick" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
I have been to see about getting together a package of books for you, but the booksellers are so busy
idolator of Whitman, he wrote to O'Connor in 1867: "Every year confirms my earliest impression, that no book
has approached the power and greatness of this book, since the Lear and Hamlet of Shakespeare" (Rufus
According to the "Hospital Note Book" (Henry E.
About the package of books, direct them to me, (if you should find convenient to send them) to Washington
idolator of Whitman, he wrote to O'Connor in 1867: "Every year confirms my earliest impression, that no book
has approached the power and greatness of this book, since the Lear and Hamlet of Shakespeare" (Rufus
I am boarding at an old fashioned country house (I learn from a book on the table that it is the "Hon
unsafe for me to have him" (December 25, 1863 [Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Book
get nothing but promises from the booksellers for the present, so I sent you today a package of such books
I can send you more newspapers—and perhaps more books—in a few days, if you wish for another bundle.
idolator of Whitman, he wrote to O'Connor in 1867: "Every year confirms my earliest impression, that no book
has approached the power and greatness of this book, since the Lear and Hamlet of Shakespeare" (Rufus
Hospital Note Book Walt Whitman This prose narrative (probably describing the battle of White Oak Swamp
.; Hospital Note Book Walt Whitman; Transcribed from digital images of the original and from microfilm
Potter and Edward Ferrero were used in The Fifty-first New-York Volunteers, which appeared in the 24
32ca. 1864, "The Policy of the War Department in Not Exchanging Prisoners"loc.00930xxx.00897The policy
Department in not exchanging prisoners1864prose1 leafhandwritten; A short draft on the exchange of the prisoners
of war, the last paragraph of which was revised and printed on 27 December 1864 in both The Prisoners
New-York Times and What Stops the General Exchange of Prisoners of War?
The policy of the War Department in not exchanging prisoners
1Diaries, 1863–1864, hospital notebooks, (2 vols.)loc.04695xxx.00472xxx.00977Hospital book 121864prose40
Hospital book 12
A few days ago there came to the house for you the proof sheets of a small book which the author (no
No record indicates the poet read this book, but he probably would not have been sympathetic with its
(Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
Whitman's "Hospital Book 12" (Charles E.
| Feb 8 1864 Dear friend, I ought to have written to you before, acknowledging the good package of books
—has Caleb Babbitt gone home from Mason Hospital—I left the book at Mr. Chase's — J. T.
idolator of Whitman, he wrote to O'Connor in 1867: "Every year confirms my earliest impression, that no book
has approached the power and greatness of this book, since the Lear and Hamlet of Shakespeare" (Rufus
that he had written "a few days ago" to Chase on Whitman's behalf, and that Chase had received the book—evidently
At Culpepper Whitman noted in his "Hospital Book 12" about February 9: "Around through the landscape
He acknowledged at the time the receipt of the book you handed him; so I knew the package must have reached
I am heartily glad if the books have been put to any use.
idolator of Whitman, he wrote to O'Connor in 1867: "Every year confirms my earliest impression, that no book
has approached the power and greatness of this book, since the Lear and Hamlet of Shakespeare" (Rufus
According to the "Hospital Note Book" (Henry E.
a month, Carleton "had the distinction of turning down both Leaves of Grass and Mark Twain's first book
Walt Whitman also described this section of the journey in "Excerpts from a Traveller's Note Book—" (
very much—if I can get a chance I think I shall come home for a while—I want to try to bring out a book
Schuyler all right the morning I left home" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
See "Hospital Book 12" (Charles E. Feinberg Collection).
Whitman indicated that he wanted to return to New York to see the family and to bring out his new book
fearful that she has permanently hurt herself" (Trent Collection of Whitmaniana, Duke University Rare Books
Foster (New York: United States Book Company, 1891), and by Arthur Conan Doyle, The History of Spiritualism