Historians consider the Civil War as one of the bloodiest conflicts of all time. Through the eyes of a hospital attendant, there must have been nothing but rows of cots containing dead or dying. Walt Whitman was a hospital attendant who treated many soldiers, and watched many of them suffer as they died. In his collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass, the section, ¡§Drum- Taps¡¨, shows how Whitman conveys the pain and suffering endured by the North and the South in the Civil Wa

In his collection of poetry, Whitman expresses how meaningless the slaughter is in order to expound the total futility and pointlessness of the war. Everyone who was killed in the Civil War was an American. Everyone involved is a human being, and a member of the same country. If members of the same country bicker against each other, what is the end result? Nothing, nothing is gained, nothing is benefited; Whitman mourns this by coming to ¡§bend down and touch lightly with my lips the white face in the coffin,¡¨ (Reconciliation, 16) of his enemy, of his brother. Even though the Southerners are technically his enemy, he still loves them tenderly as he would his own kin. His family has been killed at the hand so his family.

There were many pale-faced men who were unfortunate victims of civil warfare. This is a terrible tragedy, and Whitman challenges this by asking what happens after these, ¡§hard fought engagements or sieges tremendous? What deepest remains,¡¨ (The Wound-Dresser, 1 12)? The answer, only those who survive to tell the tale remain. Is it really something to celebrate after massacring your fellow countrymen? On might point out the heroics and bravery exhibited in the war, men have been made stronger, and is just a growing experience for the country, but ¡§was one side so brave? The other was equally brave,¡¨ (Wound-Dresser, 1 8). The heroics and bravery are without direction in this war. If you commit a great act of sacrifice, then the results only hurt those whom share the land with your countrymen. Whitman grieves for these people, ¡§for my enemy is dead. A man as divine as myself is dead,¡¨ (Reconciliation, 14). There is no purpose for this feud; it has

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