Memoranda during the war Walt Whitman's Memoranda during the war written on the spot in 1863-'65 Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 creator author. Coviello, Peter editor. text bibliography biography Diaries. History. Personal narratives. Diaries. Personal narratives. nyu 2004 monographic eng print liv, 176 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm "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 on the meanings of the war for the nation, and recounts his wordless though peculiarly intimate public exchanges with President Lincoln, a man Whitman saw often on the streets of Washington and by whom he was deeply fascinated. The book offers an astounding amalgam of death portraits, anecdotes of battle, last words, messages to distant loved ones, and remarkably restrained and muted descriptions of pain, dismemberment, and dying - all of it, however grim, suffused with Whitman's undiminished enthusiasm and affection for these young soldiers. And throughout, we find Whitman laboring with heroic determination to sustain and nourish his once-ardent faith in America and American life, even as the nation unleashed unprecedented violence upon itself. The book also includes Whitman's famous speech "The Death of Abraham Lincoln," selected poems, and a letter to the parents of a deceased soldier."--Jacket. Introduction. Whitman at war / [by Peter Coviello] -- Memoranda during the war -- Notes / [by Walt Whitman] -- Editor's notes -- Appendix 1. Death of Abraham Lincoln -- Appendix 2. Selected poems. Vigil strange I kept on the field one night ; Whoever you are holding me now in hand ; When I heard at the close of the day ; Are you the new person drawn toward me? ; City of orgies ; To a stranger -- Appendix 3. Letter to the parents of Erastus Haskell. Walt Whitman ; edited by Peter Coviello. The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. Originally published: Camden, N.J. : Author's publication, 1876. Includes bibliographical references (pages lii-liv) and index. n-us--- Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 Diaries United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 War work Poets, American 19th century Diaries États-Unis Histoire 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) Récits personnels Poètes américains 19e siècle Journaux intimes Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 Poets, American War work United States Amerikaanse burgeroorlog Whitman, Walt (1819-1892) Journaux intimes États-Unis 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) Récits personnels American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39Qhp4vB9RxkMwD8h64CPrTGb 1800-1899 fast PS3231 .A355 2004 811/.3 18.06 HT 6913 Camden, N.J. : Author's publication, 1876. Memoranda during the war Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 (OCoLC)1083534758 0195167937 9780195167931 0195167945 9780195167948 9780195307184 0195307186 2003022933 DLC 031017 20240724141446.2 in00002022602 eng