Wound Dresser
Walt Whitman
2026
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He walked the wards so the dying would not be alone. During the Civil War, Walt Whitman spent years at the bedsides of wounded soldiers in the army hospitals of Washington, writing letters home for them, bringing small gifts, and setting down what he saw. This gathering of his hospital letters and poems is tender, unflinching, and quietly shattering. You will discover the great American poet at his most human, keeping watch by lamplight. Compassion under the worst conditions. Press play and sit with him.
17 chapters
- 1Preface5m
- 2The Great Army of the Wounded16m
- 3Life Among Fifty Thousand Soldiers15m
- 4Hospital Visits - I22m
- 5Hospital Visits - II22m
- 6Letters of 1862-3 I-V23m
- 7Letters of 1862-3 VI-X24m
- 8Letters of 1862-3 XI-XV30m
- 9Letters of 1862-3 XVI-XX22m
- 10Letters of 1862-3 XXI-XXV31m
- 11Letters of 1862-3 XXVI-XXX28m
- 12Letters of 1864 I-V17m
- 13Letters of 1864 VI-X15m
- 14Letters of 1864 XI-XV20m
- 15Letters of 1864 XVI-XX11m
- 16Letters of 1864 XXI-XXV17m
- 17Letters of 1864 XXVI-XXIX, and Afterword14m
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