Memoranda during the War by Walt Whitman

Provenance: Eliza Seaman Leggett (1815-1900 authorial inscription, gift inscription) – William Haight Leggett (1859-1954 gift inscription) – Wilhelmina Leggett (gift inscription). During the Civil War, Whitman worked as an army nurse, later writing Drum Taps (1865) and Memoranda During the War (1867). All from 2.18 New Books from 6.75 Used Books from 2.18 Rare Books from 29. Whitman recorded his impressions of Abraham Lincoln, whom he frequently encountered on the city streets. The book also includes Whitmans famous speech 'The Death of Abraham Lincoln,' selected poems, and a letter to the parents of a deceased soldier. Whitmans Memoranda recounts soldiers anecdotes of recent battles and army life as well as their last words and final messages to faraway friends and family. This is his testament to the heroism and terror of the Civil War, revealed through Whitmans journals from 1862-1865. Memoranda During the War Civil War Journals, 1863-1865. 38-39.) Purple cloth, all edges gilt (front hinge tender, one gathering slightly sprung, spine ends rubbed, some spotting and fading to cloth). History Having read his brothers name in a casualty list, Walt Whitman rushed to the war front where he found his brother wounded but recovering. (Staple holes to title page, offsetting from a newspaper to pp. Stiff light green endpapers embossed with flowers. This annotated edition includes extensive biographical information on these soldiers collected by independent scholar Martin G. She lived for a short time in Peekskill, New York, before ultimately settling in Detroit, Michigan. In Memoranda Whitman was little concerned with the public events of the war and instead focussed the narrative on his personal experiences with the soldiers he had met in the Union hospitals. Eliza Seaman Leggett, born in New York City on Beekman Street in 1815, was a suffragist and abolitionist. Leggett from the author” on the front endpaper. Camden, New Jersey: privately printed, 1875-76.įirst edition, second issue, with green embossed endpapers but without “Remembrance Page,” blank binder’s leaf, and pictures present. Walt Whitman experienced first-hand the ravages of the Civil War as a volunteer nurse in the hospitals of Washington D.C.

Memoranda during the War by Walt Whitman