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Seeing the Elephant

By Jonathan R. Allen - Last updated: Monday, July 20, 2009

During the Civil War, soldiers would speak about “Seeing the elephant.” The “elephant” was battle, combat, being under enemy fire.

Civil War Poet Walt Whitman Born This Day in 1819

By Jonathan R. Allen - Last updated: Thursday, May 31, 2007

Whitman wrote two volumes of poetry about the Civil War: Drum Taps (1865) and Sequel to Drum Taps (1866), after witnessing first-hand the suffering, bravery, wastefulness, heroism, and tragedy of war while working in hospitals during the Civil War.

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