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Tag Archives: Civil War poetry
Weekly Whitman: “To a Historian”
A year has passed since I began this column, and it has been an interesting one for me. Being in the hospital was the only thing that interfered with “Weekly Walt.” When I found the poem below, I knew I … Continue reading
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Tagged "To a Historian", Civil War poetry, Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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Gold In The Fields
Autumn is coming. There were so many beautiful golden shades in the fields at Third Winchester Battlefield around the battle anniversary over last weekend. It reminded me of this section from Stephen Vincent Benet’s long poem, John Brown’s Body: Autumn … Continue reading
Weekly Whitman: “I Saw Old General at Bay”
This week’s poem is a puzzle of sorts–just who is “old General?” I always thought it was Confederate General Robert E. Lee, but the copy of Whitman’s poems I usually use (Drum Taps: The Complete Civil War Poems) has a … Continue reading
Weekly Whitman: “Weave in, My Hardy Life”
In my work on Colonel Elmer Ellsworth there is a description of the man by John Hay, future Lincoln secretary and Roosevelt Secretary of State. Hay mentions that the picture shows the physical strength and definition of Ellsworth’s upper arm. … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War poetry, Col. Elmer Ellsworth, My Hardy Life, Walt Whitman, Weave In, weekly-whitman
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Weekly Whitman: “Camps of Green”
I watched the arrival of the soldiers, sailors, and marines who returned from Afghanistan to America in metal containers. President Biden had his hand over his heart, and those in uniform saluted. Dead is still dead, no matter how efficient … Continue reading
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Tagged "Camps of Green, cemeteries, Civil War poetry, Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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Weekly Whitman: “Over the Carnage Rose Prophetic a Voice”
“Over the Carnage Rose Prophetic a Voice” appeared for the first time in the 1865 Drum-Taps collection, but many of the poem’s lines had been published in “Calamus” #5 in the 1860 Leaves of Grass. It initially was an upbeat … Continue reading
Weekly Whitman: “Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim”
Whitman’s “Sight in Camp” is one on the saddest poems Whitman ever wrote. One assumes he is looking at dead Yankees, but we know the same sight could be seen on either side of the war. Every soldier was someone’s … Continue reading
Weekly Whitman: “A March in the Ranks Hard-prest, and the Road Unknown”
This particular poem—“A March in the Ranks Hard-prest, and the Road Unknown”—resonates with me because of the work I have done on First Bull Run and the old Sudley Church. Descriptions given by Arthur O’Neil Alcock, of the 11th New … Continue reading
Weekly Whitman: “When Lilacs Last in the Door-Yard Bloom’d”
Emerging Civil War has featured “When Lilacs Last in the Door-yard Bloom’d” many times over our ten-year history. It is a favorite of many of our writers and has been printed several times already. It can be found here, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, assassination of Lincoln, Civil War poetry, Lilacs, Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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Weekly Whitman: Eighteen Sixty-One
This is the second piece of poetry in Whitman’s collection Drum Taps which was inspired by his Civil War experiences.
