FEINBERG/WHITMAN LITERARY FILE POETRY FILE "The Buried Army" (After Sept.1885) A M.S. draft Box 26 Folder 32 After 1885 29 September The Buried Army: poem. A.MS. (4p. 18 x 16 cm. and slighlty smaller) Written in pencil on the inside of a discarded envelope, dated in postmark 24 August 1885, with three other discarded envelopes, all blank on inside, dated 25 June, 29 July, 28 September 1885, all addressed to Whitman in Camden, about 57 words, trial lines: The [A] Buried army As one of the [sever] [?] passing ages countless armies halting [Halting] Halted their equipage aside depositing *here Under the mystic march, the Officer over all, The silent Orderly, silent, decent, gather'd here From out the press departing To other invisible campaigns bent and ready, Haply *The [A] bod[ies]y's and earth's chemistry Great, great campaigns unthought unwrit unknown The [A] Buried Army As out of the [sever] passing ages countless armies halting [Halting] Halted their equipage aside depositing & here Under the mystic march, the Officer over all, The silent orderly, silent, desent, gather'd here From out the press departing To other invisible campaigns bent and ready. Haply *The [A] bod[ies]y's and earth's chemistry Great, great campaigns unthought unwrit unknown CLEVELAND, O AUG ?? 330 PM 85 Mr. Walt Whitman Camden, N. J. CAMDEN, N.J. AUG 24 1885 85 NEW YORK JUN 25 330PM 85 Walt. Whitman Camden NJ [*ADVERTISE July 11*] [*15 60 900*] [*4*] CAMDEN[?], NY[?] JUN NEW YORK JUL 29 9 PM E 85 Mr. W. Whitman, Camden, New Jersey CAMDEN, N. J. JUL 30 8 AM PHILADELPHIA, PA. SEPT 28 3 PM 85 Walt Whitman Esq Camden New Jersey [*3*] CAMDEN, N. J. Sep 29 7 AM 1885 Transcribed and reviewed by contributors participating in the By The People project at crowd.loc.gov.