Poems Published in Drum Beat for Union Soldiers' Relief
Poet involved
What happened
In 1864, several of Emily Dickinson's poems appeared in Drum Beat, a newspaper published in New York City to raise funds for Union soldiers' medical expenses during the Civil War. The poems were published anonymously, likely without Dickinson's direct knowledge or consent.
Literary impact
These publications represent Dickinson's most direct engagement with the national crisis of the Civil War, though her poems addressed the conflict only obliquely. The appearance of her work in a patriotic fundraising context, without her authorization, further exemplified the pattern of unauthorized publication that characterized her relationship with the public sphere.
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