Our Wounded and Sick Soldiers Walt Whitman regularly visited wounded soldiers <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/307">recovering in hospitals during the Civil War</a> in the Washington area. While consoling patients, Whitman also wrote down many observations during his hospital visits. This article publishes excerpts from his journal. <a href="http://www.whitmanarchive.org">The Walt Whitman Archive</a>, Editors Ed Folsom and Kenneth M. Price. <a href="http://whitmanarchive.org/published/periodical/journalism/tei/per.00200.html">View original</a> 12/11/1864 <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1860-1889">1860-1889</a>