(MILITARY CIVIL WAR) HOWE JULIA WARD Battle Hymn of the Rep

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) HOWE, JULIA WARD Battle Hymn of the Republic, by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. Song sheet with engraving at the top showing Liberty seated next to the American Eagle, 9-1/2 x 6 inches; paper evenly toned, some foxing and light staining to the top portion. [Philadelphia?] Published by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, [circa 1863]

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The melody for this standard of the Civil War was first composed in 1856 by William Steffe and the first words were "Canaan's Happy Shore." In 1861, the words were adapted to "John' Brown's Body" at a flag-raising near Boston in 1861. Mrs Howe's version appeared in the Atlantic Monthly Magazine in February of 1862.