May 12, 2020 · This letter was discovered in February, 2016, by a National Archives volunteer who is part of a team preparing Civil War widows' pension files to be digitized and placed …

Letters Written for Soldiers This section of the Archive provides transcriptions and images, when available, of letters that Whitman wrote on behalf of soldiers during the Civil War.

Oct 19, 2011 · Selected letters of Walt Whitman by Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892; Miller, Edwin Haviland Publication date 1990 Topics Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Correspondence, Poets, …

Collection includes correspondence separated into two subseries: "Letters To or About Walt Whitman," and "Letters From or By Walt Whitman." Most of Whitman's …

Letters to Whitman consists of 14 letters from Civil War soldiers and former patients dating from 1865-1870. Most letters are brief, "a few lines," written to inform Whitman of the …

Nov 28, 2016 · The rare Whitman “soldier letter,” one of only three known to exist, was discovered last month by a National Archives volunteer who is part of a team preparing Civil War widows’ …

Mar 10, 2016 · A rare Walt Whitman letter written for a wounded Civil War soldier has been found in the National Archives. Pvt. Robert N.

Mar 11, 2016 · Walt Whitman spent much of the Civil War in hospitals, cheering up wounded soldiers and writing letters on their behalf. CORBIS What happens to an old document when …

Mar 11, 2016 · When the head of the National Archives asked UNL's Ken Price about a newly discovered “soldier letter” suspected to be in Walt Whitman’s handwriting, Price quickly …

Mar 10, 2016 · The rare Whitman “soldier letter,” one of only three known to exist, was discovered last month by a National Archives volunteer who is part of a team preparing Civil War widows’ …