Montgomery County Public Schools                                  Montgomery County, Virginia

            Poetry
      of the
            Civil War Era
                                 

 
 Walt Whitman
O Captain!  My Captain!

As Toilsome I Wander'd Virginia's
            Woods

Photographs of Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman Link

Biographical Notes of Whitman

Using A Secondary Resource

Mother Bloor Remembers
            Walt Whitman


 Other Civil War Poetry

      Many other poems about the Civil War exist.  A few follow.  For teaching suggestions, refer to the poetry unit in your building that was developed
by the gifted staff.  A copy should be available from your library.
Dreaming in the Trenches
He Died at His Post
Christmas Night of '62
April 20, 1864 Poem
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
  Miscellaneous
Acrostic (Vertical) Poems
Creating a Diamante

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