Why did Walt Whitman travel to Fredericksburg in 1862?

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“Walt Whitman, an American, one of the roughs, a kosmos” — Walt Whitman American poet Walt Whitman, photograph by Mathew Brady.

Walt Whitman traveled to Fredericksburg in 1862 because his brother had been wounded there during the American Civil War. After spending time in the camp, Whitman eventually moved to Washington, D.C., where he took a position in the paymaster’s office and dedicated his spare time to visiting and comforting wounded soldiers in hospitals.12