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Show iir- iir iirrote - Wrote"Battle WroteBattle ! JJ7rote JJ7rotettBattle rote rote"Battle ttBattle "Battle Battle " Hymn of ofthe ofjthe ofthe jthe the Republic " - = - IN THE Civil Cn 11 war \ 1r ' d'l dl drys ' , } s of 1801 1SG1 Mrs MrsHo MrsHowe L Hov\e Hov e Hoe Howe Ho\\ Ho \ \ e was as vl visiting < ; IUng the arm arms army , } camps campsnear campsnear campsnear near Washington Wasll1ngton when wben she received receivedthe receivedthe receivedthe the inspiration for tlie the verges veres verses : wbich which wbichwere whichwere whichwere were to 11\ 11 live 11e lice \ e long after she was dead deadBlending deadBlending deadBlending Blending the emotions of religion anr and andpatriotism andpatriotism ] patnotlsm patriotism she wiote wlote the time "Battle Battle " lIymn Hyntn lIymnof Hyntnof Uynmof of the Republic RepubUc " ' Then 'lben lben .hen hen . Ihe the time words wordsI wordsss wordsweie I "e1e e1e ss " ere set to the music of "John John " nrown'a nrowna Brown's Browns nrown'anod Brown'sBody Brown'sBodi BrownsBodi ' Body nod . } " and Imme Immediately Ultely the song was washeard washeard washeard heard thioughout tluoughout throughout the NorthUne North"Mine North North"Mine "Mine Mine \Une Une " : \ eves e\"es e "es es \ " ha\ ha have hae base \ e seen the glory of ofthe ofthe ofthe the comln coming of the lord I ord " In back b1th buck par parlors parlors parlors lors of little cottages In ObSCUl obscme obscure e to\\ to tons towns townswomen townswomen \ ns nswomen women sang those wolds words olds while WhC,7Y WhC7Y wheezy WhC,7Yorgans wheezyorgans vvhee/yorgans vvhee yorgans ( , / organs gasped out the tune . Ihe r.I.he rI.he rIhe The rou mu rousic music music sic united umted them In spirit " , with h theIr theirsons theirsons I Isons sons and husbandsho husbands \ who \\ho ho \ had gone a"8V a8V away a"8Vto awayto awavto " to \ wni ssnr m . Sol Soldiers lers ch elm intcd mtc.d mtcd . the same song as asthey asthey asthey they marched m'1rched m1rched ' along the time dusty roads roadstowards roadstowards roadstowards towards the distant lstant booming oomlng cannons cannonsor or as they tbey sat satabout . -about about .about - their campfiresthroubh c'lmpfires clmpfires campfires c'lmpfiresthroubh campfircsthrough ' throubh tlie the long l\ l is evenings lemngs eveningsIt \ emngs enings emngsIt eningsIt It " was "as as a time when hen emotion , . both bothrelIgious bothreligious bothreligious relIgious and und patnotic patl1oUc patriotic , was as at a hIgh hIghpitch highpitch highpitch pitch " For I"or Ior ror tliose those who went to war warthere \ warthere ar arthere there was the constant Imminence of ofdeath ofdeath death entb , and for those who fctavod stayed t'1) t1 ' ) cd at athome athome athome home there was W'1S W1S ' tlie the unceasing appre appre- apprehensIon apprehenslon apprehension - - hension henslon that tIl'lt tIllt ' their 10\ 10 loved 10ed losed \ ed ones would be belost belost belost lost I Keyed Ieyed { eyed up as the people were \ werethey ere , . the they , } were quick qulc1 . to catch a song which whichexpressed whichexpressed whichexpressed expressed their tlmelr feelings feehngs so wellThe wellThe well wellThe The w \ ir tr ended but the song 11\ 11 11ed used livedand \ ed , . and ! In n the time course of time it found itsssny Its Itsv\av Itsv av ssny \ \ 'l l ' , } into the music books used by byschool byschool byschool school children Ihus 'ilIus ilIus Tltus ' it became bec'1me bec1me become ' per permnently permnnently permanently m\nently m nently mnnently ' \ numbered among our nil na niltlonal national natlonal tlonal tional hymnsChlc'lgo hymns-Chicago hymns Chicago hymns -Chlc'lgo Chlc'lgo Chlclgo - Chicago ' Tribune |