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Search : William White

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Walt Whitman to Charles W. Eldridge, 8 October 1864

  • Date: October 8, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

You did not mention William in it—I should always like to hear about him & from him.

If you write to William I wish you to enclose him this letter—I wish him to receive again my faithful

Walt Whitman to Ellen M. O'Connor, 11 September 1864

  • Date: September 11, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

know you, she is only tolerably well—I have not seen Charles Howells for some time—I shall write to William

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 11 September 1864

  • Date: September 11, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Herald—quiet & pleasant & soothing—only us two home to-day—not a word spoken in a long time— Walt Whitman to William

George Washington Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 30 August 1864

  • Date: August 30, 1864
  • Creator(s): George Washington Whitman
Text:

Walt has asked several times if Williams (who was with Fred McCready ) was captured when the ambulance

train was attacted,  Williams is here with his Company,  he says when the guerillas ordered the train

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 18 August 1864

  • Date: August 18, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

You told William you got my letter, so you must have got the picture enclosed.

William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 13 August 1864

  • Date: August 13, 1864
  • Creator(s): William D. O'Connor
Text:

O'Connor | Washington Aug 13 1864 William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 13 August 1864

William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 13 August 1864

  • Date: August 13, 1864
  • Creator(s): William D. O'Connor | Horace Traubel
Text:

William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 13 August 1864

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 24 July 1864

  • Date: July 24, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

William & Charlie had each had two letters from you, & I not a word, don't you know that I shall be jealous

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 24 July 1864

  • Date: July 24, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I hope you too are well—William, I rec'd the volume of Navy Reports, transactions of iron clads, fights

light housework—My sister & her children are well—(Nelly, I write these particulars for you)— Well, William

all the news—tell me how is Ashton—Good bye & God bless you, my dear friend— Walt Walt Whitman to William

Walt Whitman to Charles W. Eldridge, 9 July 1864

  • Date: July 9, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I wrote to William some five days ago—has he not rec'd it?

The doctor to-day tells me my throat is markedly better—In my letter to William I told him I had rec'd

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 5 July 1864

  • Date: July 5, 1864
  • Creator(s): Ellen M. O'Connor
Text:

William says it seems so desolate since you left,—and even yet in the evening when I hear a car coming

William got your note, and answered it but he directed it to Brooklyn only, so it may not be carried

I know that William prefers & I do, too, that this trouble concerning the house & hall be settled before

Send her a note any time, & direct it to William & he will take it to her office.

pictures last week, & they are rather bad, the front face, or rather three quarter face, is hideous, William

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 5 July 1864

  • Date: July 5, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

spells of weakness with heavy aching head—I think the throat is no worse, but it is not well yet— William

change in my condition— Good bye for present, my dear friend, & God bless you — Walt Walt Whitman to William

William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 2 July 1864

  • Date: July 2, 1864
  • Creator(s): William D. O'Connor | Horace Traubel
Text:

William D. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 2 July 1864

Walt Whitman to William D. O'Connor, 25 June 1864

  • Date: June 25, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

, pretty soon—I send my love to you & Nelly & to Charles Eldridge -- Walt Whitman Walt Whitman to William

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 10 June 1864

  • Date: June 10, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

likely, is that our base of the army is to be changed to Harrison's Landing on James river instead of White

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 7 June 1864

  • Date: June 7, 1864
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

not felt first rate myself— I am going to write to George to-day, as I see there is a daily mail to White

field near Richmond much better than we did from the Wilderness & Fredericksburgh—We get them now from White

House, they are put on boats there, & come all the way here, about 160 or 70 miles—White House is only

William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 7 April 1864

  • Date: April 7, 1864
  • Creator(s): William E. Vandemark
Text:

William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 7 April 1864

William H. Millis Sr. to Walt Whitman, 9 January 1864

  • Date: January 9, 1864
  • Creator(s): William H. Millis Sr.
Text:

right good boy I believe, you must write again and I will answer with pleasure yours with Due respect William

Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 8 January 1864

  • Date: January 8, 1864
  • Creator(s): Thomas Jefferson Whitman
Text:

The stuff itself is disgusting, the whole of it going to prove that the nigger is better than the white

Annotations Text:

Whitman also rejected arguments for white superiority; he marked an article on "The Slavonians and Eastern

scene in the woods on

  • Date: 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Hospital Note Book Walt Whitman This prose narrative (probably describing the battle of White Oak Swamp

scene in the woods on the peninsula—told me by Milton Roberts, ward G (Maine) after the battle of White

The prose narrative at the beginning probably describes the battle of White Oak Swamp and is the basis

Annotations Text:

The prose narrative at the beginning probably describes the battle of White Oak Swamp and is the basis

William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 29 December 1863

  • Date: December 29, 1863
  • Creator(s): William E. Vandemark
Text:

talk with him he is all rite now father i will close good by dear father and friend from a friend William

E Vandermark to a dear friend Walt Whitman good by William E.

William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 25 December 1863

  • Date: December 25, 1863
  • Creator(s): William E. Vandemark
Text:

William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 25 December 1863

William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 16 December 1863

  • Date: December 16, 1863
  • Creator(s): William E. Vandemark
Text:

i will close now good by and may god take care of yo and that we may soon meet from friend & son William

Vandemark to his comrad and father and friend William E.

Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman, 15 December 1863

  • Date: December 15, 1863
  • Creator(s): Thomas Jefferson Whitman
Annotations Text:

White & Company, 1904], 7:206).

William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman 7 December 1863

  • Date: December 7, 1863
  • Creator(s): William E. Vandemark
Text:

father i will hef to close now good by from Wm E Vandemark to his friend Walt Whitman please write William

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 24 November 1863

  • Date: November 24, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

William very often wishes for your return and wants to see you. Good bye. With love from us all.

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 21 November 1863

  • Date: November 21, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Cooper has been coaxing, persuading, begging, entreating, commanding even William to go on with them

shall not unless some strong pressure is brought to bear between now & Monday, for I can see that William

Dear Walt, we long for you, William sighs for you, & I feel as if a large part of myself were out of

Walt Whitman to Charles W. Eldridge, 17 November 1863

  • Date: November 17, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Dear comrade, I send you my love, & to William & Nelly, & remember me to Major [Hapgood] — Walt Walt

Walt Whitman to Ellen M. O'Connor, 15 November 1863

  • Date: November 15, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I send my love to William.

In the parlor is hung up a large blue placard "Headquarters of the Pantarchy" in white letters.

William H. McFarland to Walt Whitman, 11 November 1863

  • Date: November 11, 1863
  • Creator(s): William H. McFarland
Text:

I will now close hoping to hear from you soon I remain Your Friend William H.

Ellen M. O'Connor to Walt Whitman, 10 November 1863

  • Date: November 10, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

William is well as usual, he is at the office or would send lots of love. Mrs.

William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 2 November 1863

  • Date: November 2, 1863
  • Creator(s): William E. Vandemark
Text:

well father i will close now with giveing yo the address write soon for i long to heer from yo from William

E Vandemark to his father good by William E.

Margaret Stillwell to Walt Whitman, 25 October 1863

  • Date: October 25, 1863
  • Creator(s): Margaret Stillwell
Text:

friends if not we ask the favour of you to inquire i suppose John was buried not far from Culpeper William

Letter from Washington

  • Date: 4 October 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

I shall always identify Washington with that huge and delicate towering bulge of pure white, where it

Then other varieties; there will be a procession of wagons, bright-painted and white-topped, marked "

Washington being full of great white architecture, takes through the Summer a prevailing color-effect

of white and green.

White canvas coverings arch them over, and each wagon has its six-mule team.

Walt Whitman to Margaret S. Curtis, 4 October 1863

  • Date: October 4, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

men here—the scene is a curious one—the ward is perhaps 120 or 30 feet long—the cots each have their white

Walt Whitman to William S. Davis, 1 October 1863

  • Date: October 1, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Walt Whitman to William S. Davis, 1 October 1863

From Washington

  • Date: 22 September 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

From late June through the middle of October 1863, forces under Union General William S.

trees, through all the streets and in the well-kept public grounds, and through this green, the milky white

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 18 September 1863

  • Date: September 18, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

A pause, the crowd drops away, a white bandage is bound around and under the jaw, the propping pillows

limpsy head falls down, the arms are softly placed by the side, all composed, all still,—and the broad white

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 8 September 1863

  • Date: September 8, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

have any thing but a cup of tea & some bread or crackers, (first rate tea though with milk & good white

William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 17 August 1863

  • Date: August 17, 1863
  • Creator(s): William E. Vandemark
Text:

me know what he says about the exstention I will close now good by from a friend and well wishes William

Washington in the Hot Season

  • Date: 16 August 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

L INCOLN never reposes at the White House during the hot season, but has quarters at a healthy location

there, (I think the light is extra-powerful here,) besides a large effect of green, varied with the white

We have put the draft through, have conscribed a goodly lot of whites, blacks and Secessionists; and

some badly wounded—and, perhaps, never to rise thence,) the cots themselves, with their drapery of white

Walt Whitman to Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Haskell, 10 August 1863

  • Date: August 10, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

told me he was at the regimental hospital at a place called Baltimore Corners not many miles from White

William E. Vandemark to Walt Whitman, 31 July 1863

  • Date: July 31, 1863
  • Creator(s): William E. Vandemark
Text:

am able to come No more at present Good by answer by return mail from a friend and ever shall be William

George Washington Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 23 July 1863

  • Date: July 23, 1863
  • Creator(s): George Washington Whitman
Text:

The skirmish was kept up untill about daylight on the morning of the 17th when a white flag was run up

Samuel S. Frayer to Lorenzo Thomas, 21 July 1863

  • Date: July 21, 1863
  • Creator(s): Samuel S. Frayer
Text:

Though they received older uniforms, worse equipment, and lower pay than white soldiers, and were barred

Annotations Text:

Though they received older uniforms, worse equipment, and lower pay than white soldiers, and were barred

from Hookers command

  • Date: 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

men badly burnt by explosion of caissons &c —wrote a number of letters for Ohio & Indiana m en Wm Williams

Armory May 12 William Williams co F. 27th Indiana wounded seriously in shoulder— a he lay naked to the

Williams Lafayette Tippecanoe co. Indiana Noah Laing bed 36 Ward I Mrs. Edwin Burt.

Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 30 June 1863

  • Date: June 30, 1863
  • Creator(s): Walt Whitman
Text:

Fourteenth st., the cavalry after him—I really think it would be safer for him just now to stop at the White

John J. Barker to Walt Whitman, 19 June 1863

  • Date: June 19, 1863
  • Creator(s): John J. Barker
Text:

Jest like a privet and as study as a Jug JC sebrig is fist lutenent B B Jones is a lutenent brother william

John J. Barker to Walt Whitman, 5 June 1863

  • Date: June 5, 1863
  • Creator(s): John J. Barker
Text:

unted an wee have got the pras of the finest regment in these pats My Capten Skaggs is ded brother william

Will W. Wallace to Walt Whitman, 7 May 1863

  • Date: May 7, 1863
  • Creator(s): Will W. Wallace
Text:

a fine house across the way from Hospt No 3, where the Surgn Steward and women stop it has a large white

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