I first made acquaintance with Whitman's writings ... I bring to you no proud poem,' " I replied. O'Connor cried out, in his vehement way, "That's so, Walt, -- that's so!" "I think you are right ...

Walt Whitman offers insights into social ... When Lincoln was assassinated shortly before the war's end in 1865, Whitman wrote a poem honoring him, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd." ...

When George's name was published on a list of wounded soldiers in the newspapers in December 1862, Walt hurried ... occasionally read the poems aloud. In April 1865 Whitman was in Brooklyn ...