Walt Whitman is one of the most renowned poets in American history and much of his work was influenced by the Civil War. Whitman originally left to the battlefield because he was afraid that his brother had died in battle. However, after learning that he was just wounded, Whitman stayed around to bury dead bodies and nurse wounded soldiers. Soon he would interview these wounded soldiers and his own style of writing would emerge from his experiences, his love for the country, and the interviews of wounded soldiers. Through the Civil War, Whitman managed to find his own writing style from his experiences off the battlefield.
