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to me, I still believe in Grant, & that we shall get Richmond—we have heard from my brother to July 2

On July 2, 1864, George wrote from "near Petersburg instead of from Richmond."

directed me to leave & go north for change of air as soon as I had strength—But I am making too long a story

John Burroughs was also a participant in this skirmish; see Burroughs's letter to Whitman from August 2,

walk much on it as my stump is so short but if I cant I can go on my crutches for they appear to be a part

On Monday night the part of the 6th Army Corps came up and went out & part of the 19th Army corps came

Dear Walt, I was at the Boat at 2 Wednesday afternoon and we sailed at 5.

See George Whitman's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from July 2, 1864.

Truly yours, John Burroughs Care Allen Clapp & Co John Burroughs to Walt Whitman, 2 August 1864

First Division, and advancing on to Petersburg, the Fourth Division to be followed and suported by parts

1874 (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:

See George's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from July 2, 1864.

Stillwell to Walt Whitman, 2 September 1864

Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84], 2:

See also Stilwell's letters to Whitman from July 5, 1864, and September 2, 1864.

George Washington Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2 October 1864

Almost the entire Fifty-First New York Regiment was lost: killed (2), wounded (10), and captured or missing

this from one who would like to see you Indeed A Comrad Ruben Farwell Reuben Farwell to Walt Whitman, 2

Oct 2. makes me think perhaps brother George has written or can write Write to me will you Walt I always

of the letter is confirmed by George's letter to his mother, Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, of October 2,

[New York: New York University Press, 1961–77], 2:318–319).

See George Whitman's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from October 2, 1864.

See George's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from October 2, 1864.

See George's letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman from October 2, 1864.

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

The Fifty-first New-York Volunteers are a part of the Second Division of the Ninth Corps, were recruiting

the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City. as a part

Their charge was vehement, and caused that part of our force on the right of the Fifty-first to give

See George Whitman's October 2, 1864 letter to his mother for his brief account of capture.

in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1921), 2:

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

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

Church and was the site of the Battle of Peebles' Farm (see above note).; See George Whitman's October 2,

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

interested himself in the Price children, Helen, Emma, and Arthur (another son, Henry, had died at 2

Spent a good part of the day in a large brick mansion, on the banks of the Rappahannock, immediately

These wards are either lettered alphabetically, Ward G, Ward K, or else numerically, 1, 2, 3, &c.

Not long since I sat a good part of the morning by his bedside, Ward E, Armory-square.

LATTER PART OF 1864 IN NEW-YORK.

But there is every kind of wound in every part of the body.

now Priosners of War Who have Served and fought in the regiment Since the Orginization and for my part

But there is another and full as important side to the story.

But there is another and full as important side to the story.

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

Thereafter he compiled extremely successful textbooks, and established the magazine Story-Teller, in

Kerr, 1902), and Meyer Berger, The Story of The New York Times, 1851–1951 (New York: Simon and Schuster

inside of Abraham Lincoln]22 August 1865prose2 leaveshandwritten; This manuscript contains a large part

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

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

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

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).

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:

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:

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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:

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,