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Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–1984], 2:

Doran Company, 1926) 2:30–34. Note also Whitman's interest in Mrs.

well & hearty enough, & was never better, but my feelings are kept in a painful condition a great part

we have seen some service where Rebel shot & shell flew some at the Battle of Bisland we bore our part

In his letter to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman of March 2, 1864, Walt Whitman indicated that he wanted to

the sick—& yet I know you wish to hear about them—every one is so unfeeling, it has got to be an old story—there

over Browers (cor of Cumberland st. and Myrtle) they ask $350 for one floor and 275 for the third story

—There is a story around that Travis bought the house we live in for $3000, but I can hardly think of

Ruggles, see the letter from Thomas Jefferson Whitman to Walt Whitman of April 2, 1863.

Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1961–84), 2:

Bush, Whitman identifies Bush as belonging to "Co A 1st Indiana Cav" (NUPM 2:541).

Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84], 2:

Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84] 2:

Grier, ed., Notes and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1961–84] 2:

Washington | March 2 1864 Dear mother You or Jeff must try to write as soon as you receive this & let

can—Well good bye, dear mother, for present—write soon— Walt Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2

A year ago I spent December & part of January (after 1st Fredericksburgh) among the wounded in front

whom Whitman wrote ten years later; see Walt Whitman to Bethuel Smith, December 1874 (Correspondence, 2:

say I am astonished how good the houses are almost every where—I have not seen one regiment nor any part

I dont know whether I mentioned in my last letter that I took dinner with Col Fowler one day early part

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

Grier's Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 2:541

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

Collection; Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1906–1996], 2:

Washington Feb 2 1864 Dearest Mother, I am writing this by the side of the young man you asked about,

love—he says he knows he would like you if he should see you— Walt Whitman to Louisa Van Velsor Whitman, 2

We Will have enof to do I think that this summer is agoing to settil this War I am Willing to do my part

Neat to Walt Whitman, 2 February 1864

it—I think the soldiers from the New England States & the Western states are splendid, & the country parts

Tripp, suffered heavy losses on July 2, 1863, in defense of the Emmitsburg Road at the Battle of Gettysburg

Del bed 33 Ward B May 8th '64 / g s w in Chest—w in left arm father living in Bridgeville Del" (NUPM 2:

to start upon]between 1864 and 1874prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript fragment was originally part

Before the sheet was cut into three pieces, this fragment formed the lower part.

to start upon]between 1864 and 1874prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript fragment was originally part

Before the sheet was cut into three pieces, this fragment formed the upper part.

frequently changed]between 1864 and 1874prose1 leafhandwritten; This manuscript fragment was originally part

Before the sheet was cut into three pieces, this fragment formed the middle part.

1Diaries, 1863–1864, hospital notebooks, (2 vols.)loc.04695xxx.00472xxx.00977Hospital book 121864prose40

Maine) after the battle of White Oaks church, on the retreat, the march at night—the scene between 12 & 2

microfilm images at the Library of Congress's website "Poet at Work: Walt Whitman Notebooks 1850s–1860s," part

soldiers from the States, from the country, especially the West & from New England and the country parts

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

Feinberg Collection; Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1961], 2:

See Trowbridge, My Own Story, with recollections of noted persons (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903), 179

Grier, ed., Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts, [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:

I shall probably be kept here all this week and possibly part of next  About the Eagle that had the little

—In the early part of this month Mr Kirkwood sent me $5 to send you but I have been pretty hard up and

See Thomas Jefferson Whitman's letter to Walt Whitman from April 2, 1863.

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

direct them to me, (if you should find convenient to send them) to Washington, 456 Sixth St north, 3d story

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

the descriptive list had arrived, and that the package contained two copies of The Drummer Boy, a Story

Feinberg Collection; Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1961], 2:

See Trowbridge, My Own Story, with recollections of noted persons (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903), 179

the time of his last blow out we had every thing to confuse and irritate we had nanc s children here 2

Whitman with sons Edward and (within a month or two) Jesse occupied the basement (see Louisa's May 2–

Whitman, whom Louisa described as dirty and as being on the street (see her September 25 or October 2,

Louisa made upon seeing soldiers gathered on Fort Greene in Brooklyn (see her August 31 or September 2,

Grier, ed., Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:

We have caught over a hundred in the last 2 months.

this on my way Home to get my rights, if I dont get it I will not come to Washington till the latter part

Grier's Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts (New York: New York University Press, 1984), 2:541

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

Culpeper now but I dont now how long it will last there is some talk of braking up 4 Companies of the 2

from home in A long time I gess that they have for got that they have A son in the army it is about 2

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

Grier, ed., Notebooks and Unpublished Prose Manuscripts, [New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:

go out and get rooms and remove Mat and the babies away—but Mother said that it would kill her to part

I wish to God he was ready to put along side of Andrew  There would be but few tears shed on my part

either—any thing like a telegraphic dispatch or express box or the like should be addrest 456 Sixth st, 3d story

He looks pretty well, however, and his hand was strong and honest when I shook it at parting.

Feinberg Collection; Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1961), 2:

See Trowbridge, My Own Story, with recollections of noted persons (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903), 179

Whitman had been home in Brooklyn from November 2 to December 1, 1863.

[New York: New York University Press, 1984], 2:644).

Jeff and Walt did not correspond in November 1863 because the poet was home for a visit from November 2

Katherine Molinoff, Some Notes on Whitman's Family, Monographs on Unpublished Whitman Material, no. 2

The couple had four children—Arthur, Helen, Emily, and Henry (who died in 1852, at 2 years of age).

, something" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden [New York, Rowman and Littlefield, 1961], 2:

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

present and I hope the few lines will find you the same I have thought of you many a time since we parted

Tripp, suffered heavy losses on July 2, 1863, in defense of the Emmitsburg Road at the Battle of Gettysburg