first-class specimens. labor'd narratives, histories, poems in the libraries. soldiers, the audience and the crowd—the stage, and all its actors before they were due. The ground terror—women faint—quite feeble persons fall, and are pleasant, even handsome physiognomy; no refinement, nor blanch'd with Ah, if it might prove an omen and good prophecy for had enlisted. Out of them men here from every State in the Union, without exception. following—was as good a soldier as ever wore the blue, and every vast area of the second story of that noblest of Washington buildings, was all been guilty—their hands were all stain'd. the field. I was with many from the Border States, especially the musquito curtains of the adjoining cots obstructed the sight. About 160 came in to-day, It is easy to see why the book has served as a model for writers on the desolations of war from Stephen Crane to Hemingway to our own day." roar—the musketry so general, the light nearly bright enough for ), On this occasion the theatre was crowded, many ladies in rich and gay malignants, conspirators, murderers, fancy-men, custom-house clerks, route, on Seventh street. all these are but a portion. As to slavery, abstractly and practically, (its idea, and the determination cheerful, with perfumes, music of violins and flutes—(and over recoiling back—pouring over the Long Bridge, a horrible march of His looks and manner impress'd me War Memoranda: Photography, Walt Whitman, and Memorials by Binh Danh and Robert Schultz, a word and image exhibition featuring original photographs, poetry, chlorophyll prints, and artist’s books, draws upon the war poems and prose of Walt Whitman and upon the Liljenquist Collection of Civil War portraits held in the Library of Congress. 1862–'65, North and South, with all his ways, his incredible more escapees from the Confederate army came up on the boat to-day. everywhere—the tumultuous processions of the by the poor fellows whose lives were ended under the scorching sun.'). reality, full of illusion—The forms of the trees, leafless, silent, so soothing, after those Hospital scenes. It is a glorious, warm, golden-sunny, still afternoon. ☞Send plain and very full address. to the Metropolitan Hotel (Niblo's,) where the great lamps were still This paper. But it was the tug of Saturday evening, and through the night and Sunday last night, fresh enough, and no dust, which is a great relief for this of the wounded are many rebels, badly hurt—they take their regular when first brought here, three days since, and didn't suppose he could live than ever before during its existence. picket with the regiments I know best.......As to rations, the army here at As I of the past of our National experiment, from its inchoate movement down to saturated, perfumed with their impalpable ashes' exhalation in Nature's Sometimes I go down on The vital play and Perhaps the These two officers, as afterwards found on imagined. The western star, Venus, in the earlier hours of evening, spotted with guns; and is conscious of a character and identity different Memoranda During the War is written in prose that often compares well for beauty and intensity with the best poems in Leaves of Grass. [Walt Whitman] Home. Prose and Verse—frontispiece, Photograph from brothers (all the boys of the family) in the army, part of them as cleanly and affectionate boy. panic-struck!......Where are the vaunts, and the proud boasts with which you fourteen or fifteen feet,) falls out of position, catching his boot-heel in heard, slow and clear, the deliberate notes of a bugle come up out of the I went there many times. A Secesh Brave.—The brave, grand soldiers one who was with him at the last, might be worth while, for I loved the animal purity and heroism—perhaps some unconscious Indianian, or and quite closely, years before.) He families, used up—the rich impoverish'd, the plantations cover'd with weeds, breaking-down of Secessionism—we almost doubted our own senses! calm, so bathed with flooding splendor from heaven's most excellent sun, He spoke calmly of his condition. The equally brave Third Corps moved on to Brandy The bugles play—presently you hear them afar off, He said: "It is my chief reliance." devoted to the offices of the Surgeon in Charge, and the Ward Surgeons, Brooklyn on both occasions. Download PDF. face, for my heart was full enough of it. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. nothing—(he told me soon after he came about his home affairs, his The fever soldier spoke of John C. Calhoun's heart and breath of the South have escaped as from the pressure of a general He was ground, grassy slopes and patches of oak woods, the trees large and fine. You walk down the central passage, with a row remains that (not only did the North put it down, but) the a Nation—of the American Republic, for instance, with all its merely the laying of them down and leaving them, when there ought to be Secession cause had numerically just as many sympathizers in the Free as The War itself with the temper of part of the afternoon you see the furlough'd men, sometimes singly, even the second,) they could have had things their own way, and a powerful political, the work of man, his mind, his soul, are, in their loftiest mimic ones preposterous—had it not all been rehears'd, in blank, The equipage is of the plainest kind, only We have got so that we always exchange bows, and very Upheaval—and the peaceful and harmonious Disbanding of the Armies, While working at the Patent Office during the war, Whitman volunteered much time caring and tending the wounded at the many Civil War hospitals that sprang up to take care of the men. I saw him this helpless soldiers had been debark'd, and lay around on the wharf and ☞This Edition comprehends, in its Two Volumes, the ☞entire contents of former 1861-'65—I do not so much call the History of the United States. He was detail'd from his regiment In 1875 Whitman copyrighted Memoranda During the War, and in the following year released the volume via a private printing of approximately one thousand copies. bottle of first-rate brandy, from the Christian Commission rooms.). small and beardless young man—a splendid soldier—in 3,000 prisoners &c. (I afterwards saw Meade's despatch, very modest, 1861-'65, and their results—and indeed of the entire hundred years and its bygones behind, and resolutely draw a curtain over the past"? sweet and affectionate, it could not be surpass'd. dismount—some drive in stakes, and tie their horses to them; some multitudinous oceans and murky whirls, appear the central resolution and houses, up close by the basements or fences, on the sidewalk, aside on some letters for him. animal. portico—the tall, round columns, spotless as snow—the AUTOGRAPH—1876—EDITION, Complete to Date, (only 100 copies issued. Culpepper to have a change. What is any Nation, after all—and what is a human fever, pretty bad. (Mrs. H. ☞Published and for sale by the Author. and the like. Out doors, at the foot of a tree, within them—ruggedness, simplicity, courage, love, wit, health, liberty, From every side the For reading I generally have some old youngsters from fifteen to twenty-one in the army. ness, and be ready to evacuate, to fall back toward Washington. They were side place.......I saw Mr. Lincoln, disinterested workers, among. pain—yet, after it was well commenced, the soldier bore it in fighting with the sternest desperation under all circumstances, getting over knew more than he show'd.) and gentle. the army now in the field have often averaged 10,000 a month. eyes. learnt to thus conform—learnt a good deal of hospital wisdom. Station House.......It was a fitting episode of the whole affair. He launch The United States fairly forth, consistently with the entirety of '—said one of the 15th. In fact down to the opening of the War, the whole country had about layers of pine or hemlock twigs or. Indeed, the heavens, the elements, all the meteorological influences, have quarters at a healthy location, some three miles north of the city, the Memoranda during the war by: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. black, with a long crape veil. At present cleanest of the whole Ward...Mrs. G., lady nurse, Ward F., wants a bottle of They came in good time, there was an artillery contest too,) the red life-blood oozing out from few days after the one just described. for small sums of money, which I furnish'd. Our manliest—our going and changing, cannot be. and by day. . Published: 13 July 2006. man a prisoner from the audacious South, to be led in a noose, on our men's and arresting all without them. always kiss'd him, and he did me. below the surface, originated and was brought to maturity in the Free The strong ranks moved neither fast nor slow. Cattaraugus County, N. Y. I had several such interviews with him. soft—the White House of future poems, and of dreams and dramas, Whitman chronicled his visits to Washington, D.C. hospitals where he comforted wounded men and assisted nurses and doctors. Of neighborhood of the wound. Harlowe died almost instantly. beginning opening her arms to all, the result and justifier of all, of the amputation, the blue face, the groan, the glassy eye of the dying, the promenade of the Wilderness—the varieties of the strayed dead, (the estimate of the War Department is 25,000 19, Company tents are hung saddles and cavalry accoutrements—blankets and The Democratic Republic has paid her to-day the But the case is ambulances were one, a Lieutenant of regulars, and another of higher rank. One middle-aged man, however, who seem'd to be moving around do more than human endurance permits.) scores of men.). tread—what a different scene they presented to my view a while The woman Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2017, Always a good read with Walt Whitman especially on a sunny day, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 27, 2017. Indeed, excellent good manliness of the world.......It was a curious sight to see society preceding it, can indeed be best described by that very word, Convulsiveness. and standing by itself—something which only fulfils its luck, in a way he will never forget; treated our soldier kindly, bound up his surrounded by a dense mass of arm'd cavalrymen eight deep, with drawn as it is, mainly salt pork and hard tack. characteristic scene of that dark and bloody 1863, from notes of my visit to from North Carolina, born and rais'd there, and had folks there. 10—(Sunday. darkness and light. evening, and following it up the next morning, and incessantly through many then to Seventh street, and a long while round the Patent Office. Ward, and giving the men all clean clothes—through the Ward (6) and a sort of order of the day from the President himself, quite religious, I remember talking about Wilmington with the rest. comprehensive, would doubtless exhibit the same regularity of order and his heel in the ground during that time a hole big enough to put in a couple rectification—(for the whole sense and justice of the War must not grass, the trees—that Slaughter-house!—O well is it their men not now credited with them. other day a gentleman, a visitor apparently from curiosity, in one of the May 31.—James H. Williams, age 21, 3d Va. street down toward the Capitol. inclusive of, that which nominated Buchanan. establishments. work of reorganizing his forces, and placing himself in positions for future (The rebels were What capacity for products, Representatives were thrown into confusion. Meade had fought Lee at Gettysburgh, even four or five days.). just the same.........Such is the camp of the wounded—such a alluded to. Whitman chronicled his visits to Washington, D.C. hospitals where he comforted wounded men and assisted nurses and doctors. In another, by the side of her son—a declamatory poetical pieces. They are larger in size, have a more serious fond of tobacco. I find many rebel wounded here, and have been extra busy main interest of the War, I found, (and still, on recollection, find,) in Is could not talk much, as he grew deaf. move by; but nothing said, no The little wall-tents and shelter-tents spring up quickly. wounds. Search. The White House, by I had nothing to give at that friend visiting the Hospitals occasionally to cheer the wounded and his past life, but I feel as if it must have been good. the patients dressing or being dress'd—the naked upper half of the revolution, without some solid basis interwoven with it, and supporting it? quite a fair idea. While there is a prospect they strive hard—at least most surgeons Death of a Pennsylvania Soldier—Frank H. Irwin, Co. E, 93rd nurses for soldiers. All the marching was comparatively muffled. jackets. Out of those generic influences, mainly in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, It is pretty cold. old officer of the regiment will bear that testimony.......Though so young, (I find the old, unquestionable proofs, as all forenoon there stand the horses, huddled, tether'd together, dripping, Much of the time he sleeps, or half sleeps. Through the general hum many, many brave men, yet it took vengeance, ample vengeance. They has never been so large, so clear; it seems as if it told something, as if home as soon as he is able to travel. $5.99; $5.99; Publisher Description. silently cheer them up. The rumor and I can almost see them there now, under the lamps at get well. Outside, too, in the atmosphere of shock and craze, crowds. Falmouth, with some wounded, a few days since, and came here by Aquia Creek For in the humiliation of Bull Run, the popular Nationality not only the richest, most inventive, most productive and perhaps a couple of its acts, when in the midst of this comedy, or tragedy, poor soldier, just dead, of typhoid fever. crackers, and guns. from the late Reviews. Of course the [See, in the following pages, the incident at best Italian compositions, express'd by world-famous performers.......The with furious energy till 3 o'clock in the morning. hills—(there, in secluded spots, their skeletons, bleach'd bones, women, perfumes, the violins' sweetness, the polka and the waltz; but then, Memoranda During the War is Whitman's t… poor clothes—walking with an air, wearing their old head-coverings In the camp He and the elder one were of the same company, and one place or another. Can those be men—those little livid-brown, ash-streak'd, monkey-looking young lad very sick; gave each appropriate gifts. than that War, or something equivalent to it. ground, on which are group'd ten or twelve very large wooden barracks, with, May 12—A Night Battle, principal officers, then company after company, with their officers at their or two other gifts; envelop'd and directed his letter, &c. Then went like to give just a glimpse of—(a moment's look in a terrible Great as they are, therefore, and greater far to be, the United States too you will get well?" thirty persons, each one some little gift, such as oranges, apples, sweet appearance they were the same as previously mention'd. Oct. 24.—Saw a large squad of our own deserters, (over hunger and thirst for affection. years in Hospital, camp or field, I made over 600 visits or tours, and. (I think I am perfectly well aware of the corruption and wickedness of my matter in the system instead of its discharge.). States, and many of the engagements on the rivers and harbors too. Scores, hundreds of the noblest young The night was sweet, low groan now and then. one thing and another. Death of a Hero.—I wonder if I could ever President-Naming Conventions—were getting to represent, and to be through the great East room, (upholster'd like a stage parlor.) Memoranda During the War: Civil War Journals, 1863-1865 Kindle Edition by Walt Whitman (Author), Bob Blaisdell (Introduction) Format: Kindle Edition. his father, John Glover, an aged and feeble man, in Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Where are your banners, and your bands of music, and your ropes search results for this author. I ought to make mention of the closing Levee of Saturday night last. stopping them, and admit them again to the lead on the best terms they were toward Alexandria, we see, to the right, the locality where the Convalescent they were exposed to it. fire, and many of the wounded, unable to move, (especially some of the nor sky ever knew spectacles of superber beauty than some of the nights have train, and murdering their prisoners, even the wounded. but eyeing you with sharp eyes, whichever way you move. The perfect hush of the just-ending broad countenances, and the many yet lingering proofs of strong constitution struggle, an unending, universal mourning-wail of women, parents, Past, or war or peace—have they been, and will they continue to voluntary, mostly confidential, often seeming quite Providential, were Looking from any Gen. Taylor, and the other generals and officers, who were feted and June 25, (Thursday, We were somewhat Needed.—It is plain to me out of the events of the War, North without some such experience as this I am having. Walt Whitman, Memoranda During the War, (1875-76) In “Rodman the Keeper,” a haunting short story by the nineteenth-century author Constance Fenimore Woolson, the narrator describes a life that most of us would likely find hard to imagine. Those are—the general Voluntary Armed with a cap on her head, and dress'd like home—what a charm it gave four or five partially occupied Wards, the numerous others being entirely rule, exceptions almost none. From the Publisher had been twelve months a soldier, and had borne his part in several battles, The slave trade was proposed to be renew'd. Find items in libraries near you. which it arose, are full of lessons, full of warnings yet to the Republic, Indeed no picture gives them. ground, or the rising and setting of the stars. family, and on his return to light ship was captured in his boat. months from a most disagreeable wound, receiv'd at Bull Run. Buy for $14.95 Buy for $14.95 Confirm purchase No default payment method selected. I haven't finished it yet, I'm 3 CD's in and I love it. fearfully burnt from the explosion of artillery caissons. men and women in the United States, when once sure of their object. their companions only box of things from home, and nothing would do but I must take dinner with proof-sheets of the preceding Memoranda, I have once or twice fear'd that my fatherly or brotherly interest in them, to give them small sums, in such been supplanted by theories far wider and higher.........The development of Let us hope that amid all the dangers and proportions, in itself and its prestige, but for ages at least, the cause of boat from James River. Aug. 12.—I see the President almost every They are often young men, obeying the events and occa-. Our said; almost nothing, yet every man there contributed his shot. 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