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Walt you know wat what good times Petter and your selfe self and me had together Walt how is Harry my
not Receved Received no answer as yet but you must tell him that you have herd heard from me and give my
love to him and take a good share your self give my love to all the Boys on the Rail Road as mr sailor
to go to the D. and so forth Walt I want you to write to me as soon as you get this you must excuse my
me George D Cole Tottenville Staten Island in care of Cap t JW Sprague how is old car no number 29 my
My dear Sir. There lies before me, as I write, a copy of "Brother Johnathan" Vol 1.
Whitman I intended writing to you to wish you good bye, but have just heard there is a chance of my seeing
Will there be any chance of my getting to speak to you?
Just as he was about to recite 'My Captain,' a little girl, the granddaughter of Edmund Clarence Stedman
Monthly Magazine"—containing an article which I humbly beg you may accept as a feeble expression of my
abolished one of the third class clerkships in the office of the Solicitor of the Treasury, and upon my
It is, therefore, my duty to inform you that your services will not be required from and after the first
My Dear Walt Whitman, I am commissioned to ask if you can supply The Herald exclusively with a poem in
Mar 9 th 92 7 Taylor Ln— Bolton My Dear Walt Whitman Just a few lines in response to your loving message
How very kind of you to send such tokens of your love to me, tokens which go deep into my. my heart,
My little message will convey my gratitude, my deepest sympathy, and my very best love to you now— and
leave Walt the 4th July I rushit rush it some I have the best buggy and Harness there is in Scio with my
of the big guns out here Walt the folks know very little is a letup on me every one is trying to be my
present but write to me as soon as you get this G I Storms Walter do not wate wait for me to write give my
enquiring friends Dressmaker in particular and give me his address if you can George I Storms P.S. in my
My Kind Sir: I am try ing hard to collect the auto gra phs of all the men of note all parts of the country
New York, July 17 1886 Dear Sir Your postal recd received and I was glad that you had accepted my small
Well, give him my love: that is real: and if he is satisfied to be the happy owner of my love he owns
My Dear Sir: In Baldwin's Monthly for July there was quite a long article relating to yourself, written
My Dear Whitman, On receipt of your card, to-day, stating the time of your intended start, I telegraphed
My Dear Sir, I saw Mr.
I have confessed to Burroughs my admiration of the spirit you have breathed into the air, to enlarge
At times, I have had an intense longing to express my gratitude to you yourself; & it was a sharp disappointment
collection, however, your contribution would have to conform to the more usual rhythms at least as far as "Captain
, my Captain!"
Whitman: "Because you have, as it were, given me a ground for the love of men I thank you continually in my
"O Captain! My Captain!"
I am asked to invite you to come & read on one of the days, & I add to this my own earnest request that
I go straight to my subject. Do not call me an autograph fiend.
your leisure, write me out on good paper, one side only, so that I may frame it with your portrait for my
Whitman referred to Rossetti's edition as a "horrible dismemberment of my book" in his August 12, 1871
Thursday Feby, 13 189 0 Dear Walt Whitman During my travels so far away from home; I have often thought
of writing you, just walk as once before into your grand presence & explain the interesting parts of my
occasionally (as while here) with an $800.00 order, I continue west to Denver & Leadville and upon my
long confinement which in my case & very many others was a gross injustice upon free men I enjoy the
varied & grand sight now ever so much and while Beer & music is yet one of my standards & enjoyed by
of the Metropolitan Police, No. 300 Mulberry Street, N EW Y ORK, Dec 6th, 186 7 Friend Wat Walt At my
I could tell you a long story of my actions, for the relief and assistance of our Soldiers and their
My dear old friend I want to be present to congratulate you on your seventieth birthday, and to tell
Walt Whitman Your "Leaves of Grass," has just been placed in my hands.
things, say so; if not, let it " werk " as the little boy said, but I warn you that, Sans-Culottism to my
time never have been excuse from any duty whatever and having urgent business at home which demands my
I was in my tent, washing and geting ready to go on parade, when our Orderly Sergeant came to my tent
I was quite taken aback I tell you as it was done so quietly that I was taken by surprise and my being
the army is doing, or how the New York election went, so you see we are a long way behind the age Captain
Mother, I must stop writing as my candle is going out, and I hope in a few days we will get where we
Francis, also of Buffalo, New York, was promoted to the rank of captain to replace Hazard when the latter
been bothered considerably with some sort of a rash which broke out in blotches nearly as large as my
hand all over my arms and body it burns very bad, the Doctor said it was the effects of the heat, and
My Love to all.
We have moved our camp since my last letter and are now on the Newbern side of the Trent river, we have
My apointment dates from the 14th of March, the day of the battle of Newberne.
Our Captain is a young man from Buffalo N.Y. named Hazard whose father is very rich and we live in fine
up to the first of March, I received $42 I had to buy lots of new things and have spent nearly all my
Morris Hazard, Jr., captain of Company D until his discharge from the army on May 7, 1862.
Francis of Buffalo, New York, was promoted to the rank of captain to replace Hazard when the latter left
We have not been paid off yet Mother but we expect to be in a very few days, just as soon as I get my
Francis of Buffalo, New York, was promoted to the rank of captain to replace Hazard when the latter left
enclose you $50.00 and am sorry that I cant send you more, but Mother if you need more before I get my
I have a nice wall tent all alone to myself and if I have some one to look out for my grub, I shall be
Mother I believe I mentioned in my last letter about your haveing some of my pictures taken and sent
Dear Mother, give my love to all and let me hear from you often. Direct Capt G. W. W.
We have had another battle and I have come out safe and sound, although I had the side of my jaw slightly
scraped with a peice of shell which burst at my feet.
scratch although the balls fairly rained around me, and several of our boys were struck down close by my
better acount of the fight, than I can give you (from the papers) but I know you will want to hear my
the back of the neck passing out of his cheek, I took off the rubber blanket that I had straped on my
a tent where he now lies in a very critacle condition, The Chaplain of our regt was killed. one Captain
corner the following verses are printed: Bright Banner of Freedom with pride I unfurl thee;Fair Flag of my
be-holdbehold thee,Gleaming above us in freshness and youth,Emblem of Liberty, Symbol of truth;For the Flag of my
Sprague held the rank of captain in Company B of the Thirteenth New York State Militia from April 23,
I lost nearly half of my Co but we won the fight and the rebel loss was pretty heavy.
We have had the best of the fighting so far and its my opinion that Genl Grant has got Lee in a pretty
V. but dont put on the Brigade, Division, or Corps, as I think perhaps the reason of my not hearing from
The whole thing in my opinion is one of the biggest of humbugs.
to send letters which may be oftener than I supose as I know nothing about where we shall go Direct my
Mother, give my love to Mattie and the little gals. G. W.
pretty buissy building rifle pitts, cutting roads and throwing up earthworks &c (I believe I told you in my
George received his promotion to captain on December 12, 1862—with the date of rank retroactive to November
On March 17, Captain Whitman left Brooklyn to return to Newport News.
You see Mother I have to date my letters yet from near Petersburg instead of from Richmond We are laying
I hold my own first rate and feel about as well as ever I did.
been kept pretty buisy trying to get things straigtened out, but this morning one of our seniour Captains
Give my love to all. George W.
Babcock of our Regt (who is with the Regt) and tell him to send my things home by express, as I should
John Gibson Wright rose from captain to colonel in the Fifty-first New York Volunteer Regiment; he was
Made Captain Aug. 1864got a family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American
State Volunteers where he enrolled as first sergeant of Company F (and was eventually promoted to captain
I lost one man killed and two wounded in my Co out of 11 that I took in the fight.
Give my love to all G W Whitman George Washington Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 20 May 1864
Walt recorded in his diary for May 9, 1865, that Captain Samuel Pooley (see George Whitman's letter to
no bed, but I have, and a bedstead too, made with four croched sticks drove in the ground, thus and my
Francis of Buffalo, New York, was promoted to the rank of captain to replace Hazard when the latter left
I am perfectly well now although I was a little under the weather the first week I came here my eyes
My Pious regards to all the family and good night to all. G.W.
I had command of our Company (as the Captain was not well although he was on the field) and I had mighty
dead lay in heaps and in a road for nearly a quarter of a mile they lay so thick that I had to pick my
You speak in your letter of Walts seeing the Captain of our Co at Major LeGendre's office, it was the
I have just written to Walt, and although it is pretty late, I must write you a few lines while my hand
musent say anything about it Mother or the rebs might hear of it and come over here and eat us all up) my
Well Mother it is getting chilly sitting here in my tent as the fire has gone out, so I must bid you,
had on leaving our trunks here in camp, and two or three times I have went to a pond and took off my
night, and got up at 4 O clock next morning feeling first rate, and I am now as well as ever I was in my
about as ugly, and can eat any amount of corn bread, so you see, dear Mother that I am all right, and my
F of our Regt. and tell him to send my things home by Express. Much love to all. G. W.
Waldron, and Captain Charles W. Walton.
Good Night Mother give my love to all G. W.
course you knew all about his arrival at Anapolis i saw his name in the times with 500 others arrived) my
written to you in quite a long time, as I have been waiting to find out something deffinite, about my
New York I wrote you a letter a couple of weeks since (which I suppose you received) telling you of my
position first rate and am getting along very well indeed, and as the pay is good , I am glad both on my
Well Mother it is getting late and rather chilly writing here in my tent so I must stop and go to bed
'61 Camp Brooklyn near Baltimore June 28 My dear Mother Your letter and Walts came all right and glad
and down in the city but after ten O Clock it was as quiet as Brooklyn Well good bye Mother give my
Give my love to all, and write soon. G. W.