| Show wrote battle hymn of the republic IN THE civil war days of 1801 1861 mrs howe was visiting the army camps camp near washington when she received the inspiration for the verses which were to live long after she was dead blending the emotions of religion and patriotism she wrote the battle le hymn of the republic 11 then the words were setto set to the music 0 of f IJ john body and immediately the son song g wa wag s heard beard throughout the north t mine aies 03 cs have seen see n the glory of the coining of the lord lord in back par lors lora of little cottages in obscure towns women sang those words h hll by wheezy organs gasped out the tune sic united them in spirit witto ither sons and husbands who had gone gore away to war 1 soldiers chanted the same 6 song as they marched along the dusty roads towards the distant booming canno cannons n S or as they sat eat about their camp campfires fires through the long evenings it was a time when emotion both nna and patriotic was was at a high pitch h for hose bo went to ivar war there was the cop constant stant imminence of of deaia death and for those who stayed at home there was as the une unceasing apprehension aap re that J love dones would 66 lost lost keyed up as the people were they were were qui quick ek to catch a song expressed their feelings so well f ta the war ended but the song lived ond nd inthe in the carse course of time it found its way into th the music books used by school chil children drin thusia Thus lt became numbered among aurina ou our rina national tib 1 fial hymns chicago tribune i 1 il 1 I 1 |
