Memoranda during the War by Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman spent much of his time with wounded soldiers, both in the field and in the. The 40 notebooks he filled became the basis for the extraordinary diary of a medic in the Civil War. 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, from 1862-1865, Walt Whitman spent much of his time with wounded soldiers, both in the field and in the hospitals. 38-39.) Purple cloth, all edges gilt (front hinge tender, one gathering slightly sprung, spine ends rubbed, some spotting and fading to cloth). (Staple holes to title page, offsetting from a newspaper to pp. Stiff light green endpapers embossed with flowers. She lived for a short time in Peekskill, New York, before ultimately settling in Detroit, Michigan. Eliza Seaman Leggett, born in New York City on Beekman Street in 1815, was a suffragist and abolitionist. Much of Memoranda had already appeared in five articles he had written for the New York Times during the war and six articles published in the New York Weekly Graphic in 1874 (the journalism link will take you to etexts of these pieces). Leggett from the author” on the front endpaper. 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. All from 2.18 New Books from 6.75 Used Books from 2.18 Rare Books from 29. at the end of 1862 to visit his wounded brother George, Walt stayed there to tend to the sick and wounded through the end of the War. This is his testament to the heroism and terror of the Civil War, revealed through Whitmans journals from 1862-1865. Walt Whitmans Memoranda During the War is the best book I have read about a seldom thought about aspect of the Civil War. 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. 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.

Memoranda during the War by Walt Whitman