- Title
- Our Wounded and Sick Soldiers
- Description
- Walt Whitman regularly visited wounded soldiers recovering in hospitals during the Civil War in the Washington area. While consoling patients, Whitman also wrote down many observations during his hospital visits. This article publishes excerpts from his journal.
- Date
- 12/11/1864
- Source
- The Walt Whitman Archive, Editors Ed Folsom and Kenneth M. Price. View original
- Coverage
- 1860-1889
- Theme
- military history
- work & play
- Item sets
- Mall History Test
