Wound Dresser

By Walt Whitman

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The Wound Dresser is a poignant collection of letters penned by Walt Whitman during the Civil War, capturing his experiences in Washingtons hospitals. Addressed to The New York Times, the Brooklyn Eagle, and his beloved mother, these heartfelt missives are expertly curated by Richard Maurice Burke, M.D., one of Whitmans literary executors. Join us as we delve into the raw emotions of war and the human spirit through Whitman’s eyes.

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Sevastopol-Leo Tolstoy
Oct 31, 2026
Across the Plains in 1844-Catherine Sager Pringle
Oct 30, 2026
Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front 1914-1915-Anonymous
Oct 29, 2026
Notes of a War Correspondent-Richard Harding Davis
Oct 28, 2026
My Hunt After 'The Captain'-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
Oct 27, 2026
War-Pierre Loti
Oct 26, 2026
With the Empress Dowager of China-Katharine Carl
Oct 25, 2026
Three Years In Europe-William Wells Brown
Oct 24, 2026
Half-Breed A Tale of the Western Frontier-Walt Whitman
Oct 23, 2026
France, Spain and the Rif, Part 1-Walter Burton Harris
Oct 22, 2026
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume 06-Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Oct 21, 2026
Drum-Taps-Walt Whitman
Oct 20, 2026
Andersonville Diary, Escape And List Of The Dead-John L. Ransom
Oct 19, 2026
Voice From The Main Deck-Samuel Leech
Oct 18, 2026
Imperialism and World Politics, Part 3 of 4-Parker Thomas Moon
Oct 17, 2026
Friendly Road, New Adventures in Contentment-Ray Stannard Baker
Oct 16, 2026
Road Past Kennesaw The Atlanta Campaign Of 1864-Richard M. McMurry
Oct 15, 2026
Anabasis-Xenophon
Oct 14, 2026
Journal of Impressions in Belgium-May Sinclair
Oct 13, 2026
Civil War Women, North And South-Various
Oct 12, 2026
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 (version 2)-Abner Doubleday
Oct 11, 2026
Three Times and Out-Nellie McClung
Oct 10, 2026
Hospital Sketches-Louisa May Alcott
Oct 09, 2026
Emigrant's Home Letters-Sir Henry Parkes
Oct 08, 2026
Unaddressed Letters-Anonymous, Frank Athelstane Swettenham
Oct 07, 2026
Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin-Joseph Plumb Martin
Oct 06, 2026
Myself and Mine-Walt Whitman
Oct 05, 2026
Boots and Saddles-Elizabeth Bacon Custer
Oct 04, 2026
Man-of-War Life-Charles Nordhoff
Oct 03, 2026
In the Field (1914-1915)-Marcel Dupont
Oct 02, 2026
Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent-Washington Irving
Oct 01, 2026
War Letters From A Young Queenslander-Robert Marshall Allen
Sep 30, 2026
Men, Women and Guns-Sapper
Sep 29, 2026
With Fire and Sword (Byers)-Samuel H. M. Byers
Sep 28, 2026
Soldier's Diary-Ralph Scott
Sep 27, 2026
No More Parades-Ford Madox Ford
Sep 26, 2026
Four-Fifty Miles to Freedom-Maurice Andrew Brackenreed Johnston, Kenneth Darlaston Yearsley
Sep 25, 2026
Deer Godchild-Marguerite Bernard, Edith Serrell
Sep 24, 2026
Mary Cary, Frequently Martha-Kate Langley Bosher
Sep 23, 2026
War Prison Diary-Michael Dougherty
Sep 22, 2026
Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. And Second Bishop Of Tennessee Being His Story Of The War (1861-1865)-Charles Todd Quintard
Sep 21, 2026
Letters of Travel-Rudyard Kipling
Sep 20, 2026
Reminiscences of My Life in Camp-Susie King Taylor
Sep 19, 2026
Marne a tale of the war-Edith Wharton
Sep 18, 2026
My War Experiences in Two Continents-Sarah Broom Macnaughtan
Sep 17, 2026
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg-Abner Doubleday
Sep 16, 2026
Story of My Life, Part 2 (Letters 1887 - 1901)-Helen Keller, John Albert Macy
Sep 15, 2026
Longings for Home-Walt Whitman
Sep 14, 2026
Nurse and Spy in the Union Army-Sarah Emma Edmonds
Sep 13, 2026
Explorer in the Air Service-Hiram Bingham
Sep 12, 2026
Life and Adventures of Jack Engle An AutoBiography-Walt Whitman
Sep 11, 2026
Five Years of My Life 1894-1899-Alfred Dreyfus
Sep 10, 2026
Henry VI, Part 2-William Shakespeare
Sep 09, 2026
Woman's Experiences in the Great War-Louise Mack
Sep 08, 2026
Over the Top-Arthur Guy Empey
Sep 07, 2026
Soldier's Letters to Charming Nellie-Joseph Benjamin Polley
Sep 06, 2026
With the Turks in Palestine-Alexander Aaronsohn
Sep 05, 2026
Mary Cary, Frequently Martha-Kate Langley Bosher
Aug 30, 2026
Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity-Ethan Allen
Aug 29, 2026
Journal of Julius Rodman-Edgar Allan Poe
Aug 24, 2026
Letters to a Friend, Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr, 1866-1879-John Muir
Aug 23, 2026
Sevastopol-Leo Tolstoy
Aug 22, 2026
If All These Young Men-Florence Roma Muir Wilson
Aug 21, 2026
Wound Dresser-Walt Whitman
Aug 20, 2026
Six Women and the Invasion-Marguerite Yerta Méléra, Gabrielle Yerta
Aug 19, 2026
Soldier's Letters to Charming Nellie-Joseph Benjamin Polley
Aug 18, 2026
Rebel's Recollections-George Eggleston
Aug 17, 2026
Eighteen Months in the War Zone A Record of a Woman's Work on the Western Front-Kate John Finzi
Aug 16, 2026
Friendly Road, New Adventures in Contentment-Ray Stannard Baker
Aug 15, 2026
Woman's Experiences in the Great War-Louise Mack
Aug 12, 2026
Iconoclastic Memories of the Civil War-Ambrose Bierce
Aug 11, 2026
America of the Fifties Letters of Fredrika Bremer-Fredrika Bremer
Aug 10, 2026
Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark-Mary Wollstonecraft
Aug 09, 2026
Marne a tale of the war-Edith Wharton
Aug 08, 2026
Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin-Joseph Plumb Martin
Aug 07, 2026
Lost Diaries-Maurice Baring
Aug 06, 2026
With the Turks in Palestine-Alexander Aaronsohn
Aug 05, 2026
Four Weeks in the Trenches-Fritz Kreisler
Aug 05, 2026
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