Text F. Mathews and William Osborn letter, Horse Heads, to Daniel Bennett, August 1, 1863 F. Mathews and William Osborn letter requesting assistance for Erastus Haskell's father to visit his son in hospital. View Item
Image Collection 5 Items Walt Whitman letters, July 27, 1863-September 9, 1863 Walt Whitman's letters to the parents of Erastus Haskell of the 141st New York Volunteers, who died on August 2, 1863 in Armory Square Hospital, Washington, D.C., where Whitman frequently visited the sick and wounded. He wrote the Haskells, of Breseport, New York, on July 27, 1863 to inform them that their son was very ill with typhoid fever. In a letter written August 10 he describes his visits with Erastus and their son's last days. In the final letter, dated September 9, Whitman thanks Mr. View Collection