Abstract
Civil War soldiers were highly musical. In fact, soldiers created one of the Union's national hymn, “John Brown's Body.” This chapter discusses the two leading patriotic songs of the Union. During the Civil War, “John Brown's Body” was the most beloved song in the Army of the Potomac. Its only competitor in the western armies was George Frederick Root's “The Battle Cry of Freedom.”
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