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course he looks so to Grant—whatever may be the fact this editor of the administration paper of the City

caught it somehow connected with his business  I understand that there is a great deal of it in the city

lieutenant in George's regiment, wrote to Whitman on January 21, 1865, and informed him that the prisoners were

Y., Jan 26th 1865 Dear Brother Walt, Mother received your letter to-night—we were all very glad to hear

that you arrived so nicely and were so well established—The enclosed two letters came to-day —I sent

peaches—crackers—potatoes—salt—and the clothes that he sent for—I think I will send him another next week or week after—We were

He accused the Confederates of deliberate and systematic atrocities and estimated that prisoners "were

Grant added that supplies were being distributed to prisoners by Union agents.

Christopher and Maria Smith were the parents of Bethuel Smith, Company F, Second U. S.

P OOLEY and A TKINSON , and some eight or ten more officers, are there, or, rather, were, toward the

They were kept in a large tobacco warehouse, and were doing as well as men could do under such circumstances

F ERRERO , Edward Ferrero, a dance instructor at West Point before the war, was a famous Italian-American

After the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City. now

in the battles at the Wilderness and Petersburg in 1864. also Major-General by brevet, both of this city

.; Edward Ferrero, a dance instructor at West Point before the war, was a famous Italian-American leader

After the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City.;

Friend, I have been thinking about writing you at Brooklyn but as I did not know for certain that you were

have good reason to thank her for many a kind turn which she wrought for me during my stay in that city

Probably these were the Misses Sallie and Carrie Howard listed in the 1866 Directory, or the Miss Garaphelia

transferred to a USA Post Hospital before eventually becoming a "charity patient" at Providence Hospital, a city

transferred to a USA Post Hospital before eventually becoming a "charity patient" at Providence Hospital, a city

Made Captain Aug. 1864—got a family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American

Carberry, Hoyne, Groenemyer, Loughsen, Whitbeck, and Murden he did not say in his letter where the men were

Made Captain Aug. 1864—got a family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American

Volunteers in April, 1861, enlisted with the 51st Regiment, New York State Volunteers in September, 1861 were

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.

of a Brooklyn Veteran " (March 12, 1865); and Our Veterans Mustering Out " (August 5, 1865) of this city

Brooklyn, and after a service of three months in the summer of 1861, in the 13th Regiment of this city

Grant's Overland Campaign, Grant joined with Major General George Meade to fight Lee; the results were

Frank Butler, of this city, also an officer of the 51st, who was badly wounded in the action of September

Grant's Overland Campaign, Grant joined with Major General George Meade to fight Lee; the results were

William got your letter last week, and we were all glad that you felt like coming to try the position

We miss him very much, it seemed as if all were gone when he left,—we had not at all got used to living

I hoped that you were really well now, but you will have to keep away from the hospitals for some time

For a time Whitman lived with William D. and Ellen O'Connor, who, with Eldridge and later Burroughs, were

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

Storms's relation to George is unclear; they were probably brothers.

Somerville Mass Jan 6th, 1865 My Dear Friend, I have been thinking much of you lately & wondering where you were

Though Trowbridge became familiar with Whitman's poetry in 1855, he did not meet Whitman until 1860 when

Coleman, "Trowbridge and O'Connor," American Literature, 23 [1951–52], 327).

sharp-cut self assertion, One's-Self & also, or may be still more, to map out, to throw together for American

those days' efforts & aspirations—true, I see now, with some things in it I should not put in if I were

Probably these were the Misses Sallie and Carrie Howard listed in the 1866 Directory, or the Miss Garaphelia

. & thinking that you were prevented calling by another engagement, I left for home.

Portions of this manuscript were used in The Fifty-first New-York Volunteers, New-York Times, 24 January

1865–1875prose1 leafhandwritten; A partial draft of Poetry of the Future, first published in North American

The lines were not published during Whitman's lifetime, and although they focus on Lincoln's death, do

The lines were posthumously published in a Facsimile Edition of Drum-Taps in 1959.

Prentiss, which were revised and appeared in Memoranda During the War (1875–1876) before being collected

apparently based on a photograph of Whitman possibly taken by the photographer, William Kurtz, in the 1860s

It appears that originally the two leaves were pasted together as one piece, but have since come apart

These words were evidently used as Whitman composed When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, first published

transcription, probably from memory, of Johnny's Gone for a Soldier, a ballad popular during the American

, ca. late 1860s If this photograph is a Kurtz, it must be dated 1865 or later, after Kurtz opened his

, ca. late 1860s Kurtz's "Rembrandt" style of light and shadow is suggested here.

Negatives for the other two images were purchased from Brady for the National Archives in 1873.For more

The time between the opening of Kurtz’s first studio in New York City in 1865 and the publication of

Robinson, “Laurence Hutton and a Newly Recovered Photograph of Walt Whitman," WWQR, p. 160; Smithsonian American

preconceived notion of what it should be” (With Walt Whitman in Camden, Thursday, May 10, 1888).Most Americans

On Christmas, you were wanted to make the dinner at home perfect. We all spoke of you.

Harlan apparently took offense at the copy of the 1860 Leaves of Grass which Whitman was revising and

was one half of the Boston-based abolitionist publishing firm Thayer and Eldridge, who put out the 1860

one-fourth of those helpless and most wretched men (their last hours passed in the thought that they were

In my opinion, the anguish and death of these ten to fifteen thousand American young men, with all the

one-fourth of those helpless and most wretched men (their last hours passed in the thought that they were

In my opinion, the anguish and death of these ten to fifteen thousand American young men, with all the

I have found Your Brothers large Trunk it was Stored at City Point.

Some of the men were dying.

Many wounded were with us on cars and boat. The cars were just common platform ones.

At Aquia Creek Landing were numbers of wounded going North.

Any one of these hospitals is a little city in itself.

Miles O'Reilly's pieces were also great favorites.

On July 7, Confederates anchored two torpedoes off Aquia Creek, marking the first time they were used

It was fought between Union General Grant and Confederate General Lee; the results of the battle were

Joseph's Convent School located in New York City's Central Park.; The Brooklyn City Hospital, unlike

On November 30, 1864, she wrote to Whitman: "Every evening we talk of you, & wish you were here, & almost

Dear Walt,— How I wish you were with us this beautiful day!

Every evening we talk of you, & wish you were here, & almost every evening we read from Leaves of Grass

We had a quiet day, no one with us but Charley, he dined with us, & we all wished that you were here.

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

If these were love letters, Whitman hardly treated Mrs. Beach's heart-stirrings discreetly.

The Prices were friends of Mrs. Whitman.

wife Abby, as one might expect, was closer to Whitman, who corresponded with her frequently in the 1860s

Helen's reminiscences were included in Bucke's biography, and she printed for the first time some of

letter to you at the time I was Poisoned has has not affected me any that time I looked the whole City

Shortly after I came to the city again to be Mounted on a Horse & we layed in the Defences of Washington

the time the Rebels came to attack the City.

This letter is a draft and apparently a letter of transmittal for Whitman's "Fifty-First New York City

Fifty-first New-York City Veterans Fifty-first New-York City Veterans.

This war-worn old city regiment, whose first three years have expired, is now just entering a new term

, The first two major battles of the Siege of Petersburg (Virginia, June 9, and June 15–18, 1864) were

in New-York and Brooklyn cities in the Summer of 1861, were known as the "Shephard Rifles," (from E

About half the Lieutenants named above were acting officers, not commissioned.

identified Whitman as the author of this piece in The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman (Garden City

.; The first two major battles of the Siege of Petersburg (Virginia, June 9, and June 15–18, 1864) were

Hill.; Edward Ferrero, a dance instructor at West Point before the war, was a famous Italian-American

After the war he continued teaching dance lessons at the ballroom of Tammany Hall in New York City.;

It was fought between Union General Grant and Confederate General Lee; the results of the battle were

of September, near the Weldon Rail Road, but am proud to think that we stood and fought untill we were

The nine officers were Lieutenants William T. Ackerson, William C. Caldwell, James H.

I took a friend with me from Jersey City (T.C.

Brown has gone to City point to get the Body. he took the boat for city point last Wednesday at 3 oclock

Jersey City.

I was much pleased to hear from him and the rest of the Officers that were taken prisoners with him.

And I know they were neither wounded nor killed, as we had no chance of hearing from them until your

When the war ended, he became a pipe inspector for the City of Camden and the New York Metropolitan Water

John Gibson Wright (1837–1890) served as an officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War.

heavy reduction in ranks when, as the first line of defense in the battle near Pegram house, they were

Made Captain Aug. 1864—got a family in Buffalo" (Manuscripts of Walt Whitman in the Collection of American

will excuse me in not writing you before Though I tried to find out by the Boys in Armory where you were

It is a good institution if I can judge by the Book Keepers here in the City that have been through the

Detroit is a very pleaseant City They have two or three Theaters going now I was to one of them last

City have been here for the last week last night was the last night I persume you have seen her lots

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.

was not very well when he wrote but I hope he is all right again before now,  all the rest he said were

In the first place when we stared on this campaign we were not organized and equiped any thing like Meade's

Amry, for while we were marching all over the Country they were lying quietly in Camp preparing and

Vallandigham and his followers were allowed to draft the platform.

He has spoken a great many times to his friends how very very kind you were to him, & I assure you Mr

as two young men of the 51st N Y, friends of my brother George & of our family (officers of 51st), were

Whitman most likely is referring to Brooklyn City Hospital, which Whitman visited in August and September

night I was with some of my friends of Fred Gray association, till late wandering the east side of the City—first

I saw her with a McClellan medal on her breast—I called her & asked her if the other girls there were

yes every one of them, & that they wouldn't tolerate a girl in the place who was not, & the fellows were

Vallandigham and his followers were allowed to draft the platform.

Adrian Bartlett was a friend of Joseph Harris and Lewis Brown; all three met Whitman while they were

According to Brown's letter of September 5, 1864, the three young men were living in a Washington boardinghouse