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| Civilian |
| 1819-1892 |
| New
York |
| Poet |
|
Later regarded as one of America's
finest poets, Walt Whitman had already published his famous
Leaves of Grass when he visited his wounded brother at
Fredericksburg. Shocked at
the carnage of the battlefield scene, Whitman decided
to spend the war years visiting other wounded soldiers
in Union field hospitals, and even though untrained, worked
as a volunteer male nurse. |
