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Whitman's Leaves of Grass is one of the most true explanations of life during the Civil War and Whitman's experience in the hospitals justifies this.

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Walt Whitman image in color

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-one of Whitman's famous poems, and was written in 1865
-the poem reflected Whitman's feelings about the death of Abraham Lincoln

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Whitman was one of the greatest poets of all time and was strongly influenced by the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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"Resist much, obey little."
"Keep your face always toward the sunshine- and shadows will fall behind you."
"The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves."
"I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best."

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Besides Leaves of Grass, Whitman is also known for A Song of Myself and other poems- such as "O Captain! My Captain!," "Song of the Open Road," and others.

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Whitman's most famous piece of literature

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-considered one of America's most influential poets
-Leaves of Grass is now one of the most famous pieces of literature in American history

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-at the outbreak of the Civil War, Whitman promised to live a cleansed life
- he often visited hospitals for wounded soldiers in the war  (one of them was his brother) and decided to stay in towns with hospitals for wounded soldiers
-Whitman settled in Camden, New Jersey for the remainder of his life until he died in 1892

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-fell in love with the written world due to an early and grew interest in printer's trade (pulled from school to save family printing business)
-Whitman founded a newspaper called the Long-Islander  and joined other newspaper corporations in New York and Brooklyn
-he left Brooklyn for New Orleans, and it was there when he witnessed the cruelty of slavery firsthand
-in 1855 Whitman published Leaves of Grass, which earned a large amount of praise and even a letter from Ralph Waldo Emerson (greatly influenced writings of Whitman)