"It is generally believed in Washington that the President is in favor of a general exchange," undated, Walt Whitman Papers, Volume 55.

"It is generally believed in Washington that the President is in favor of a general exchange," undated, Walt Whitman Papers, Volume 55.

This is a rough draft of a letter eventually published as letters to several newspaper editors urging a speedy exchange of Civil War prisoners. This topic was personal for Whitman. His brother, George Whitman, a soldier in the Union army, was captured in 1864 by the Confederates.