dec 1, 1862 - Out Brake on civil war, moved for Brother
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The out break of the Civil War, Whitman vowed to live a “purged” and “cleansed” life. He worked as a freelance journalist and visited the wounded at New York City area hospitals. He traveled to Washington, D. C. in December 1862 to care for his brother who had been wounded in the war.
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Walt Whitman
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