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writings are in certain points open to criticism, they yet show extraordinary power, & are more deeply American

writings are in certain points open to criticism, they show extraordinary power, & are more deeply American

which was received by me just on leaving home to go to Canada, & thence to some of your West N.Y. cities

If you wish to live in that least attractive (to me) of cities, I must think you can easily do so.

Once we had orders to be ready to move the next morning but before morning came, the orders were countermanded

Wide Open; or, Scenes in Another World (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1869); see National Cyclopaedia of American

hardly be in human nature for men to show more valor, or generals to manifest less judgment, than were

Whitman hoped to land a job in one of those departments, since some government positions were traditionally

Scenes in Another World (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1858; rev. ed. 1870); see National Cyclopaedia of American

however, I must abruptly say to my friends, where interested, that I find the best expression of American

Army (I noticed it first in camp, and the same here among the wounded) is very young —and far more American

present text and that part of the first sentence of the following paragraph preceding "expression of American

Burnside intended to make a second attempt to capture the city of Fredericksburg.

Boston publishing house of Thayer and Eldridge had published the third edition of Leaves of Grass (1860

According to the Brooklyn city directory for 1863–64, Eugene R.

Newman, of the above firm was in the office and upon finding out what we were doing promised to give

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Hill, James Hill, and Warren Hill were engineers; Simon Hill, Samuel Hill, and Thomas Newman were contractors

On the day Whitman wrote this letter, Jeff reported that the three were recovering, and that "I think

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

, and Sis, are not well, but as Jeff says in his last letter that you are all much better than you were

We often wish that you and George could pop in on us just as we were about to sit down to dinner, particularly

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

With his help Jeff and Walt Whitman were later able to get provisions to George when he was a prisoner

dear dear Brother George tell him how fondly we looked for his coming home and assure him that we were

Hill, James Hill, and Warren Hill were engineers; Simon Hill, Samuel Hill, and Thomas Newman were contractors

Rae, a notary and copyist who lived in Brooklyn but kept offices at 13 Wall Street, New York City.

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

to approve the Army's crossing the Rappahannock River in a second attempt to take possession of the city

, green, spotted, lined, or of our old chocolate color—all these marbles used as freely as if they were

chandeliers and mantels, and clocks in every room—and indeed by far the richest and gayest, and most un-American

The Brooklyn Directory of 1865–66 listed Drake as an inspector in City Hall.

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Bruce Catton (Glory Road: The Bloody Route from Fredericksburg to Gettysburg [Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday

Raymond, | Editor New York Times | New York | City. It is postmarked: Washington | Feb | 2(?)

a time, from each Regt to go home for 10 days, but after the first two, from our Regt. got off, we were

They were placed in three very large apartments. I went there several times.

Between these cases were lateral openings, perhaps eight feet wide, and quite deep, and in these were

Many of them were very bad cases, wounds and amputations.

Then there was a gallery running above the hall, in which there were beds also.

The army is very young—and so much more American than I supposed.

See Jeff's letter from April 3, 1860.

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

At one time there were at Camden two additional pages which presumably belonged to this letter; unfortunately

deserters—there is among the Old Capitol prisoners a little boy of seven years old—he and his father were

The Washington National Republican of this date listed d'Almeida among refugees who were committed to

entertained by James Fields, and had met Longfellow, Emerson, and Agassiz: "I carry with me a little American

In the Brooklyn Directory of 1859–1860, Ellison was listed as clerk.

Hill, James Hill, and Warren Hill were engineers; Simon Hill, Samuel Hill, and Thomas Newman were contractors

Of course we were all wonderfully glad to see him. I think he looks well.

John Brown (Boston: Thayer and Eldridge, 1860), a correspondent for the New York Tribune during the war

, the originator of the "Lyceum" lectures, and editor of the North American Review in 1886.

He concluded his first letter to Whitman on June 25, 1860: "I love you, Walt!

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

Eldridge and later John Burroughs, were to be his close associates during the early Washington years.

O'Connor (1832–1889) was the author of Harrington, an abolition novel published by Thayer & Eldridge in 1860

the most important, of the adulators who divided people arbitrarily into two categories: those who were

for and those who were against Walt Whitman.

Such a course would make it manifest that they were not seeking to evade any responsibility (of which

If it were not that some of the soldiers really depend on me to come, and the doctors tell me it is really

The Washington National Republican of this date listed d'Almeida among refugees who were committed to

entertained by James Fields, and had met Longfellow, Emerson, and Agassiz: "I carry with me a little American

of benevolence and generosity which marks Brooklyn, I have sometimes thought, more than any other city

A military hospital here in Washington is a little city by itself, and contains a larger population than

I say one of the government hospitals here is a little city in itself, and there are some fifty of these

Most hospitals in Washington, D.C. were makeshift, often converted from abandoned army barracks.

H., I think he deserves honorable mention in this letter to the people of our city.

.]; Most hospitals in Washington, D.C. were makeshift, often converted from abandoned army barracks.

Some, however, were built specifically for the purpose of tending to the sick and wounded, as the number

According to the Brooklyn city directory for 1863–4, Eugene R. Durkee was a machinist and Lorick M.

Rae, a notary and copyist who lived in Brooklyn but kept offices at 13 Wall Street, New York City.

James "Jimmy" and George "Georgy" were Nancy and Andrew's sons, and Nancy was pregnant with Andrew, Jr

Hollis Robbins, "Fugitive Mail: The Deliverance of Henry 'Box' Brown and Antebellum Postal Politics," American

According to the Brooklyn City Directory (1863), Gabriel Harrison was a photographer at 73 Fulton Avenue

Because the letter dates to May 1863, the nickname "Sis" refers to Manahatta Whitman (1860–1886), the

These Hospitals, so different from all others—these thousands, and tens and twenties of thousands of American

For here I see, not at intervals, but quite always, how certain, man, our American man—how he holds himself

My first impressions, architectural, &c. were not favorable; but upon the whole, the city, the spaces

Sometimes when I think of my poor little Clothilde and you I feel as if I were not as happy now as then

The bundle of shirts &c that you sent to him were first rate and although we had hard work to make him

They were all that I had and I had wore them up to the time that you went away.

This is probably the engraving that served as the frontispiece for the 1860 Leaves of Grass.

See Jeff's letter to Walt dated April 3, 1860.

The operas of Giuseppi Verdi (1813–1901) were immensely popular.

Trovatore, Donizetti's La Favorita, and the singers Amodio, Francesco Mazzoleni, and Josephine Medori—were

would like to have the pleasure of Miss Mannahatta Whitman's company, the first fine forenoon, if it were

General John Ellis Wool (1784–1869) was the oldest Union general of the American Civil War and was in

Among other assignments, he led military operations in New York City during and after the draft riots

would like to have the pleasure of Miss Mannahatta Whitman's company, the first fine forenoon, if it were

In diary entries in 1867 and 1870, Whitman noted Fritsch's address at the American Papier Maché Company

Whitman printed an account of this engagement in the New York Daily Graphic in 1874; see American Literature

Mullan's explorations were described in the U.S.

I have an idea that the 51st were left behind, although it is hard to tell about it.

For Andrew's illness, see Jeff's letter to Walt dated April 3, 1860.

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

The Hospitals here were in a destitute condition, compared with those of the North.

According to Whitman's jottings in "New York City Veterans" (Glicksberg, 67), he discovered John Lowery

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Schroth, "The Eagle and Brooklyn," in Brooklyn USA: The Fourth Largest City in America, ed.

And yesterday one of the Hearkness children was in our rooms and they were talking about rolling their

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

Nicholson, 1860). This was issued in two parts as a supplement to Volume I.

Because Jeff and Walt were both fascinatd by the prospect of a western railroad, they would have admired

Schroth, "The Eagle and Brooklyn," in Brooklyn USA: The Fourth Largest City in America, ed.

See Jeff's letter to Walt from April 3, 1860.

lieutenants out—I suppose you know that LeGendre is now Col. of the 51st—it's a pity if we havn't Americans

especially in the hospitals, convinces me that there is no other stock, for emergencies, but native American—no

the west, and far north—and they take to a man that has not the bleached shiny & shaved cut of the cities

of Mannahatta's verbal ability: "Yesterday one of the Hearkness children was in our rooms and they were

Nicholson, 1860]).

asks me if I have heard from you, which is everytime she sees me  'tis this. during the time that we were

The other Van Nostrand children were Fanny (b. 1843) and Minnie (b. 1857).

Nicholson, 1860]).

He later designed and constructed the Milwaukee Water Works and served there as city engineer.

I was so in hopes they would take the conceit out of that gassy city.

done the biggest business of blowing & mischief, on a small capital of industry or manliness, of any city

We were paid on saturday last, and on sunday the Col. told me the men wanted me, to bring their money

I like Ky first rate and am very glad we were brought here, as the liveing is good, and there is none

to approve the Army's crossing the Rappahannock River in a second attempt to take possession of the city

still expect to get the new main , that is to lay a new line of pipe from the Reservoir down to the city

Mother worked quite hard while they were here which may help account for the rheumatism in a measure.

See Jeff's letter to Walt dated April 3, 1860.

coughf when Jeffy wrote and had been cleaning house and worked very hard but i am well now" (May 3, 1860

See Emory Holloway, ed., The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday

See Whitman's letter from April 1, 1860 . The son, William A.

June 16, 1863 (less than eight weeks after his wife) at 609 Water Street, lower east side of New York City

His young daughter (11) and son (9) were left orphaned (Price and Budell, 44–45).

June 16, 1863 (less than eight weeks after his wife) at 609 Water Street, lower east side of New York City

His young daughter (11) and son (9) were left orphaned (Price and Budell, 44–45).

Had a new U.S. flag and two guidons presented to us by the City of New York through Col Sheppard for

as the inscription on the staff said "valor on the field," it was given in place of our old City flag

Received by Gels Dix & Smith March 5th Played a match game of Ball with Hawkin Zouaves in which they were

the barracks " 18th Grand ball given in honor of the Battle of Newbern, NC, on board of steamboat City

of Hudson the officers of the Brigade Mch 24 Played return match with the Hawkins, we were beat again

Hollis Robbins, "Fugitive Mail: The Deliverance of Henry 'Box' Brown and Antebellum Postal Politics," American

Sometimes when I think of my poor little Clothilde & you I feel as if I were not as happy now as then

General John Ellis Wool (1784–1869) was the oldest Union general of the American Civil War and was in

Among other assignments, he led military operations in New York City during and after the draft riots

explore new possibilities of male-male affection" (see chapter four, "Intimate Script and the New American

Bible: 'Calamus' and the Making of the 1860 Leaves of Grass" from Re-Scripting Walt Whitman: An Introduction

General William Buel Franklin (1823–1903) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War who saw