In December of 1862, having read his brother's name in a casualty list, Walt Whitman rushed from Brooklyn to the war front, where he found his brother wounded but recovering. But Whitman also found there a "new world," a world dense with horror and...
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In December of 1862, having read his brother's name in a casualty list, Walt Whitman rushed from Brooklyn to the war front, where he found his brother wounded but recovering. But Whitman also found there a "new world," a world dense with horror and revelation. Memoranda During the War is Whitman's testament to the anguish, heroism, and terror of the Civil War. The book consists of journal entries extending from Whitman's arrival on the front in 1862 through to the war's conclusion in 1865. Whitman details his encounters with soldiers and doctors, meditates on particular battles and o
Includes bibliographical references (p. lii-liv) and index
Originally published: Camden, N.J. : Author's publication, 1876
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CONTENTS; ACNKOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Whitman at War; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; Memoranda During the War; Illustrations; Notes; Editor's Notes; APPENDIX I: "Death of Abraham Lincoln"; APPENDIX II: Selected Poems; APPENDIX III: Letter to the Parents of Erastus Haskell; INDEX;
