![]() ![]() His long whiteīeard, wine-colored suit, and bulging bag of presents gave him a decided Whitman entered the rank, fever-ridden hospitals…like a breath of fresh air,īringing with him a knapsack full of humble but much-appreciated gifts: fruitĬandy, clothing, tobacco, books, magazines, pencils and paper. Ineffable but not inconsiderable gift of his magnetic, consoling presence… Young men in the hospitals in and around Washington, bringing them the Was over, he personally visited tens of thousands of hurt, lonely, and scared From December 1862 until well after the war Whitman found his place in the war, “serving the Union cause as wholeheartedlyĪs… any other frontline soldier. ![]() Six million sick in the Union Army during the four years of war.” There were “more than four hundred thousand wounded and Amputations took place in stables, resulting in Night air, and lack of nerve force among the medieval obscurities behindĭisease. Overcrowded and attended by undertrained doctors who still believed in miasmas, Typhoid, malaria, and diarrhea spread in camps and hospitals, ![]() The entire war passed without an understanding When Whitman went into the hospitals to look for his woundedīrother, he was appalled at the suffering. ![]()
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