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his brother is wounded |
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Fredericksburg (1862), |
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| Whitman
goes to |
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| Washington
to care for him |
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| and
stays for nearly 3 years, |
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| visiting
the wounded, writing |
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| letters,
and keeping up their |
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| spirits. |
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