<em>The Songs of the War</em>
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This page from Harper’s Weekly, titled The Songs of the War, depicts Union soldiers singing “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Library of Congress.
This file appears in: Women in History DowntownDC Callbox Tour: Julia Ward Howe: Writer and Activist, 1819-1910
Women in History DowntownDC Callbox Tour: Julia Ward Howe: Writer and Activist, 1819-1910
Julia Ward Howe was a poet, author, composer, abolitionist, suffragist and more—but she is most remembered for writing the lyrics to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Born in New York City in 1819,…