Title: The Wound Dresser
Subtitle: A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington During the War of the Rebellion
First published: 1898
Description: First published in 1897, "The Wound Dresser" contains a collection of Walt Whitman's letters written from hospitals in Washington during the American civil war. This fascinating volume offers a unique glimpse into Whitman's experiences volunteering as a nurse in army hospitals during the American civil war, providing the reader with a telling insight into the mind of America's greatest poet. "The Wound Dresser" was published posthumously by Whitman's literary executor Richard Maurice Bucke.
Subjects: American Poets, Correspondence, History, Hospitals, Hospitals, charities, Mothers, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Histoire, Hôpitaux, oeuvres de bienfaisance
Places: United States, États-Unis
People: Louisa Van Velsor Whitman (1795-1873), Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)