The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Cover of sheet music for "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" published in Boston by Oliver Ditson & Co., 1862
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (also known as "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" outside of the United States), is a song by American writer and poet Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910).[1] Howe's lyrics were written in November 1861 and first published in The Atlantic Monthly in February 1862.[2] She was paid $4.00 for the song.[2] It is based on the music from the song "John Brown's Body".[1] It was made famous by Charles Cardwell McCabe, a Union Army chaplain during the American Civil War.[3] He sang it in front of President Abraham Lincoln who stood and asked to hear it a second time.[3] It quickly became the unofficial anthem of the Union.[3] Since that time, it has become a popular and well-known American patriotic song.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 William Emmett Studwell, The National and Religious Song Reader: Patriotic, Traditional, and Sacred Songs from Around the World (Binghamton, NY: 1996), p. 15
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Albert A. Nofi, The Civil War Treasury (New York: Castle Books, 2006), p. 193
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Donald Vaughan, The Everything Civil War Book: Everything You Need to Know About the War that Divided the Nation (Holbrook, MA: Adams Media, 2000), p. 41
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