"O Captain! My Captain!" is an extended metaphor poem written by Walt Whitman in 1865 about the death of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Well received upon publication, the poem was Whitman's first to
Printed copy of "O Captain! My Captain!" with revision notes by Whitman, 1888
Autographed fair copy of Whitman's poem—signed and dated March 9, 1887—as published in 1881
Whitman's lecture on Lincoln, invitation, 1886
Correggio's 1525 Deposition
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederacy and p
O Captain! My Captain!
…O Captain! My Captain!" is an extended metaphor poem written by Walt Whitman in 1865 about the death of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Well received upon publication, the poem was Whitman's first to be anthologized and the most popular during his lifetime. Together with "When Lilacs…
Mary Todd Lincoln with Willie and Tad
A daguerreotype of Lincoln, taken around 1847, the earliest known photograph of him
Lincoln in 1858, the year of his debates with Stephen Douglas over slavery