Swift to My Wounded: Walt Whitman and the Civil War, written and adapted by E. Warren Perry, Jr.

In honor of Walt Whitman's 190th birthday, on May 31, 2009, please view the opening scene of "Swift to My Wounded: Walt Whitman and the Civil War," presented on March 5, 2007 at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. This scene is a preamble to Whitman's testimony of his experiences during the war. The entire show runs approximately one hour and twenty minutes; this scene is approximately seven minutes long. The publication of "Swift to My Wounded" will go on sale soon in the bookstore at the National Portrait Gallery.

If you are having difficulty viewing the video above, click this link to download the video: Swift to My Wounded short clip