Walt Whitman: An Interpretation in Narrative

Arnold's toast to the "Success to the Southern Arms" leads to a response from Whitman that prompts a violent argument between the two men. Whitman ends his Pfaff's association during the Civil War after Arnold grabs his hair during this argument.

Whitman asks after him in a letter to Nat Bloom and Fred Gray dated March 19, 1863.

Holloway reprints Whitman's March 19, 1863, letter to Gray and Bloom.

Pfaff is the only person who still remains at Pfaff's when Whitman returns to the bar twenty years after his argument with Arnold.

Little is known of Bloom outside of his affiliation with the Fred Gray Association.

Gray corresponded with Whitman through letters.