The Life of Walt Whitman By polkadottie Jun 9, 1790 Factories Begin in the North Period: Jun 9, 1790 to Mar 26, 1892 Walt Whitman's Life May 31, 1819 Walt Whitman is Born Mar 6, 1820 Missouri Compromise Jul 4, 1825 Marquis de Lafayette visits Brooklyn and, according to Whitman, embraces him. Jun 9, 1831 Learns Printing Business Jun 9, 1831 Underground Railroad Begins Aug 21, 1831 Nat Turner Rebellion Jun 9, 1847 Dred Scott Case Feb 9, 1848 Goes to New Orleans with Brother Jeff Jan 29, 1850 Compromise of 1850 Sep 18, 1850 Fugittive Slave Act Mar 20, 1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin Novel Published May 30, 1854 Kansas Nebraska Act Jul 21, 1855 Ralph Waldo Emerson writes to Whitman: "I greet you at the beginning of a great career." Apr 17, 1860 VIrginia Secedes May 6, 1860 Arkansas Secedes May 7, 1860 Tennessee Secedes May 20, 1860 North Carolina Secedes Jun 9, 1860 Lincolns Election Apr 12, 1861 Civil War Begins; Brother George Enlists Apr 12, 1861 Attack on Fort Sumter Jun 9, 1861 Formation of the Confederate States of America Jul 21, 1861 Battle of Bull Run Sep 17, 1862 Battle of Antietam Sep 22, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation May 18, 1863 Battle of Vicksburg Jun 9, 1863 Moves to Washington DC Jul 1, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg Nov 19, 1863 Gettysburg Address Jun 9, 1864 Lincoln Reelected Jan 9, 1865 Fall of the Confederacy Mar 4, 1865 Attends Lincoln's Second Inauguration Apr 9, 1865 Appomattox Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln Assasinated Oct 9, 1865 Publishes Drum Taps Jun 26, 1872 Writes Will Jan 23, 1873 Suffers Paralytic Stroke Jun 9, 1873 Moves to Camden, NJ Apr 14, 1879 Gives First Lincoln Speech May 9, 1879 Travels West as far as CO, then stays with brother in St. Louis Jun 9, 1888 Suffers another stroke, and rewrites will. Mar 26, 1892 Dies at Mickle Street
