The Wound Dresser

By Walt Whitman

Subjects: Hospitals, charities, Hospitals, American Poets, Mothers, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, History, Correspondence

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.