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8 unusual facts about The Battle Hymn of the Republic


Battle Hymn

"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1861), popularized during the American Civil War

Chants et contes de Noël

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Charles Cardwell McCabe

During his time as a prisoner of war, McCabe taught "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" to other prisoners to maintain high spirits, and was later invited to the Lincoln White House because of his actions.

Glory, Glory

The Battle Hymn of the Republic”, an American patriotic anthem written by Julia Ward Howe in 1861

The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated

A recording was made by the Chad Mitchell Trio as "The Battle Hymn of the Republic Brought Down to Date".

Wake Up Screaming

The first fourteen seconds of "Another Day" is a clip of Elizabeth singing The Battle Hymn of the Republic near the end of the movie Young Frankenstein.

Wally Bastian

Drawing from his orchestral roots, he transformed the tunes of standards like "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" and "Inky Pinky Parlez Vous" into classic baila songs.

William Weston Patton

These themes were further refined two months later by Julia Ward Howe; her version came to be known as The Battle Hymn of the Republic.


Mary Crawford Fraser

She was born in Italy to the American sculptor Thomas Crawford and Louisa Cutler Ward, and was the sister to novelist Francis Marion Crawford and the niece of Julia Ward Howe (the American abolitionist, social activist, and poet most famous as the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic").

War song

Most successful on the Union side was ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’, written by Julia Ward Howe in 1862, using the existing tune that had already been used a hymn and soldier’s song, with its rousing chorus of ‘Glory, glory hallelujah’.


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