Drum-Taps
Cover to Drum-Taps. | |
| Author | Walt Whitman |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | American Civil War |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Publisher | Peter Eckler |
Publication date | May 1865 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Book |
| Pages | 72 |
| Preceded by | Leaves of Grass |
| Followed by | Sequel to Drum-Taps |
Drum-Taps is a collection of poetry composed by American poet Walt Whitman during the American Civil War. The collection was published in May 1865. The first 500 copies of the collection were printed in April 1865, the same month President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
18 additional poems were added later in the year 1865 to create Sequel to Drum-Taps, which includes "O'Captain! My Captain!", an elegy to President Lincoln.