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Weekly Whitman In Review: October 31, 2021-October 31, 2020
The final installment of the Weekly Whitman is an index of all the poems, newspaper articles, movie-and-TV bits, and everything else I could think of to expand a reader’s ideas about a man who is considered by many to be … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Personalities, Ties to the War
Tagged Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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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
Posted in Books & Authors
Tagged "To a Historian", Civil War poetry, Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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Weekly Whitman: “Years of the Modern”
Whenever I read this poem, I think perhaps Walt Whitman could predict the future. I see—from my perspective as a white American cis-gendered female—our country’s history unfolding, from our personal struggles against a monarchy to our current ones against recast … Continue reading
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Tagged "Years of the Modern, Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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Weekly Whitman: “To the Leaven’D Soil They Trod”
Readers–the first Weekly Whitman came out at the end of October, and the last one is coming up soon. I missed several weeks in the hospital so there will not be exactly 52 entries, but these last ones have been … Continue reading
Weekly Whitman: Jottings on an Execution
Walt Whitman was able, by his very presence in Union hospitals and army camps, to write about parts of the war that were little reported. Below is a description of a young Union soldier who deserted, and whom Lincoln failed … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors, Common Soldier
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Civil War executions, Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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Weekly Whitman: In Clouds Descending, In Midnight Sleep
Sleeping? Dead? Ill? Until brought by the medics sometimes it was impossible to tell. It still is, whether we are looking at old photos, drone footage, or the latest breaking news. I do not know what more to say, but … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Medical
Tagged Fort Mahone, In Clouds Descending, In Midnight Sleep, Walt Whitman, weekly-whitman
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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: “Year That Trembled and Reel’d Beneath Me”
Depending on how one views the American Civil War, this year could be one of many. I always think of it as 1862, the year the war got serious. Not that “before” was any picnic, but the issues with the Peninsula … Continue reading
